Bloody hills of Peleliu

Resource Information

The work Bloody hills of Peleliu represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Bloody hills of Peleliu

Contributor

• Arts and Entertainment Network
• History Channel (Television network)
• Horan, Don

Subject

• Nonfiction films
• Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
• Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944 -- Personal narratives
• United States, Marine Corps -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Palau

Genre

• Nonfiction films
• Personal narratives

Language

eng

Summary

During World War II the Japanese defenders of Peleliu had dug a network of caves that enabled them to survive the bombardment by U.S. ships with few losses, and when the Marines came ashore on September 15, 1944, they met with ferocious resistance. The battle for the island in the Caroline chain was meant to take days but lasted two months, at the cost of over 13,500 lives. Graphic combat footage captures the advance of the U.S. forces, while Marine and Japanese survivors recall the long fight. Military experts detail the shifting strategies of the battle and examine the objectives and cost

Additional physical form

Previously released as DVD.

Cataloging source

ViFlL

Characteristic

videorecording

Language note

This edition in English

Runtime

47

Target audience

general