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A general predicted it would be over in four days. It lasted 73. The airfield they captured was never used for a single major operation. The island had almost n
by WarCommons 3mo ago
A general predicted it would be over in four days. It lasted 73.
The airfield they captured was never used for a single major operation. The island had almost no strategic value.
And some Japanese soldiers kept fighting until 1947.
The full story of the Battle of Peleliu.