Invasion of the Palaus

Battle of Peleliu
Part of the Pacific War of World War II
The first wave of U.S. Marines in LVTs during the invasion of Peleliu on September 15, 1944.
Date 15 September – 27 November 1944 Location Peleliu, Palau Islands 7°00′N 134°15′E / 7.000°N 134.250°E / 7.000; 134.250Coordinates: 7°00′N 134°15′E / 7.000°N 134.250°E / 7.000; 134.250 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States	Japan
Commanders and leaders
William H. Rupertus Paul J. Mueller Roy S. Geiger Herman H. Hanneken Harold D. Harris Lewis B. Puller	Kunio Nakagawa † Sadae Inoue
Units involved
III Amphibious Corps 1st Marine Division 81st Infantry Division Additional support units	Peleliu garrison 14th Infantry Division 49th Mixed Brigade 45th Guard Force 46th Base Force Additional support units
Strength
47,561	10,900 17 tanks
Casualties and losses
2,336 killed 8,450 wounded	10,695 killed, 202 captured (183 foreign laborers, 19 Japanese soldiers) 17 tanks lost

III Amphibious Corps

Peleliu garrison

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the United States military, was fought between the US and the Empire of Japan during the Mariana & Palau Campaign of World War II, from September to November 1944, on the island of Peleliu.

US Marines of the 1st Marine Division, and later soldiers of the US Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. This battle was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager, which ran from June to November 1944, in the Pacific Theater.

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