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	Battle of Angaur Information
		The Battle of Angaur was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September 1944 to 30 September 1944.
		Angaur is a tiny volcanic island, just three miles (5 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six mile (10 km) strait.
		Bombardment of Angaur by USS Tennessee, cruisers, and Dauntless dive bombers from USS Wasp began on 11 September 1944.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Battle_of_Angaur (399 words)

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		At the battle of the Java Sea in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		The resulting Battle of Coral Sea was the first naval battle in which ships involved never sighted each other and aircraft were solely used to attack opposing forces.
		The battle was extremely costly in that much of the historically and culturally significant portions of Mandalay, including the old royal palace, were burned to the ground.
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	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Angaur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Angaur is the site of major World War II battlesite and there are many American and Japanese battle relics scattered throughout the island.
		Angaur is the only place in Micronesia that has feral monkeys; descended from macaques released during German occupation.
		Angaur Island is located southwest of Peleliu, and it is a popular surfing location.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Angaur (202 words)

	Battle of Angaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Angaur was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September 1944 to 30 September 1944.
		Angaur is a tiny volcanic island, just three miles (5 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a six mile (10 km) strait.
		Bombardment of Angaur by USS Tennessee, cruisers, and Dauntless dive bombers from USS Wasp began on 11 September 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Angaur (475 words)

	Pacific War Encyclopedia Article @ Conferred.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		In response to this, officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army, manufactured the Battle of Lugou Bridge (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident") on July 8, 1937, which succeeded in provoking a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, the Sino-Japanese War.
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		The result was the indecisive Battle of Coral Sea, the first of the great carrier duels as the two fleets never came within sight.
	www.conferred.net /encyclopedia/Pacific_War (7134 words)

	Angaur Information
		Angaur (or Ngeaur) is an island in the island nation of Palau.
		Angaur is the site of major World War II battlesite and there are many American and Japanese battle relics scattered throughout the island.
		Angaur is the only place in Micronesia that has feral monkeys; descended from macaques released during German occupation.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Angaur (171 words)

	Angaur - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Angaur (or Ngeaur) is an island in the island nation of Palau.
		From 1945 to 1978 the U.S. Coast Guard operated a LORAN transmitting station, LORSTA Palau, as part of the worldwide LORAN navigation system.
		The official languages here are Angaur, Japanese and English.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Angaur (119 words)

	Battle of the Philippine Sea - GigaDictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an air-sea battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy on 19 and June 20 1944, off the Mariana Islands.
		Losses from the Battle of Midway had been largely replaced in terms of numbers of carriers, and since the US was attacking Japanese-held islands on their "island hopping campaign", the lack of planes themselves could be addressed with the addition of strong land-based forces.
		In the Battle of Leyte Gulf a few months later, their carriers were used solely as a decoy due to the lack of aircraft, and aircrews to fly them.
	www.gigadictionary.com /Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea (2373 words)

	Pacific War - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		They were soundly defeated in the Battle of Halhin Gol by a mixed Soviet and Mongolian force led by Georgy Zhukov.
		The Doolittle Raid in April was a token but morale-boosting air attack on Japan, and although the Allied navies were narrowly defeated in tactical terms at the Battle of the Coral Sea, it still managed to derail a Japanese naval attack on Port Moresby, New Guinea.
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/a/c/Pacific_war.html (3469 words)

	Pacific War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		The result was the indecisive Battle of Coral Sea, the first of the great carrier duels as the two fleets never came within sight.
		Battle of Leyte Gulf was an attempt by the Japanese to repel or destroy the Allied forces stationed on Leyte after the preceding Allied invasion in the Battle of Leyte.
	en.encyclopediahome.com /wiki/Pacific_War (7167 words)

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		However, her role in the war was not to be in the line of battle for which she had trained for two decades.
		The battle for that island was to be one of the most bitter of the Pacific war, and organized resistance was not eliminated until November, at a heavy cost in lives.
		The battle line had increased speed to 16 knots before opening fire, and, as it drew near the eastern end of its line of position, simultaneous turns brought the ships around to a westward heading.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/battlesh/bb43.htm (14427 words)

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		The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an air-sea battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) on 19 and June 20, 1944, off the Mariana Islands.
		Spruance was heavily criticized by many officers after the battle, and continues to be to this day, but it is instructive to compare Spruance’s caution with Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s impetuous pursuit of a diversionary force of Japanese carriers at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		A huge battle broke out; 35 of the Japanese planes were shot down and the battle was still going an hour later when the Hellcats were recalled to their carriers.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea (2328 words)

	Battle Leyte Gulf
		This timeline of the Battle of Leyte Gulf is based on the Naval Chronology 1944 of Byrd archive with additions from the book Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy, by Clark G Reynolds, 1968.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (13-16 October) opens as United States submarines off Palawan Island sight and attack the Center Force of three Japanese naval groups moving on Leyte in a major effort to drive United States forces from the Philippines.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (23-26 October) ends as carrier-based and Army aircraft bomb the retiring Japanese ships which have survived the previous days' action.
	1stbattalion3rdmarines.com /02-world-war-two/Battle-Leyte-Gulf.htm (1890 words)

	Peleliu 60th Anniversary
		In preparation for the expected invasion of Peleliu and Angaur, the local population of Palauans were removed and brought to Koror and Babeldaob.
		The biggest strike prior to the invasion of Peleliu and Angaur was on March 30 and 31 when a number of Japanese vessels were sunk in the vicinity of Malakal Harbor, 160 Japanese aircraft were destroyed, and naval and shipping facilities were badly damaged.
		The Battle of Peleliu ranked with Tarawa and Iwo Jima as one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific with the highest percentage of casualties by any marine unit in the Pacific.
	www.visit-palau.com /60thanniv/history.html (1874 words)

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		With the occupation of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands by early 1944, American attention (in their 'island-hopping' campaign in the Central Pacific) turned next to the Mariana Islands, whose airfields were in bomber range of Japan.
		Angaur lies some seven miles southwest of Peleliu and was defended by Major Ushio Goto with the 1st Battalion, 59th Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) that had been detached from the 14th Division.
		Angaur itself is some 5,000 yards long and 4,000 yards wide and is generally flat with a series of ridges in the northwest corner.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_angaur.html (2140 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol IV--Western Pacific Operations [Chapter III-5]
		However, the Angaur Unit was able to put the enemy to rout and start a state of confusion with the aid of the guns which had been planted there.
		According to his plans, the final and decisive battle for Angaur would be fought elsewhere on the island, in terrain of his choosing.
		The capture of Angaur was of prime importance because it eliminated a threat to Allied lines of communication that stretched across the western Pacific towards the Philippines.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/IV/USMC-IV-III-5.html (9511 words)

	Pacific War Biography,info
		In response to this, officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army, manufactured the Battle of Lugou Bridge (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident") on July 7, 1937, which succeeded in provoking a war between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, the Sino-Japanese War.
		Battle of Leyte Gulf was an attempt by the Japanese to repel or destroy the Allied forces stationed on Leyte after the preceding Allied invasion in the Battle of Leyte.
		The battle was the last major naval engagement of World War II.
	www.parsnava.com /biography/sdmc_Pacific_War (7145 words)

	Naval History USS Pennsylvania BB-38
		Based at Yorktown, she kept in battle trim with Fleet maneuvers, tactics, and training in the areas of the Chesapeake Bay, intervened by overhaul at Norfolk and New York, with brief maneuvers in Long Island Sound.
		From August 1931 to 1941, Pennsylvania engaged in Fleet tactics and battle practice along the west coast and participated in Fleet problems and maneuvers which were held periodically in the Hawaiian area as well as the Caribbean Sea.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Admiral Oldendorf's Force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly baek and forth across the northern entranee of Surigao Strait, awaiting the approach of the enemy.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Penn.html (3316 words)

	1944: PELELIU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Palaus are an eighty-mile-long island chain, two of which were selected as targets for their potential airfields and relatively weak defenses: Peleliu and Angaur, six miles apart in the southern area of the chain.
		The battle for Peleliu was the longest and one of the toughest battles of the Pacific amphibious operations during World War II.
		The struggle for Peleliu and Angaur had put the Marine and Army units into some of the most difficult fighting of the entire war for a small territory of questionable value.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944peleliu.php (1281 words)

	Battleships USS Washington BB-56
		Washington resumed battle practice in the Hawaiian operating area upon conclusion of those repairs and alterations and joined a convoy on 27 July to form Task Group (TG) 56.14, bound for the South Pacific.
		Washington's heavy guns supported the taking of Peleliu and Angaur in the Palaus and supported the carrier strikes on Okinawa on 10 October, on northern Luzon and Formosa from 11 to 14 October, as well as the Visayan air strikes on 21 October.
		Washington (BB-56) earned 13 battle stars during World War II in operations that had carried her from the Arctic Circle to the western Pacific.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/battle/Washington.html (3934 words)

	Pacific War - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Wavell resigned from ABDACOM on February 25, handing control of the ABDA Area to local commanders and returing to the post of Commander-in-Chief, India.
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		Faced with the loss of most of their experienced pilots, the Japanese resorted to kamikaze tactics in an attempt to slow the US advance.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pacific_War (3612 words)

	The Coast Guard and the Pacific War by Robert Browning
		As the battle raged it became imperative that larger craft be brought to the beachhead.
		This act proved to be crucial in the battle for the beachhead.
		Angaur, the southernmost of the Palaus, lies only six miles south of Peleliu.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/h_pacwar.html (7632 words)

	The BentProp Project
		But ongoing military intelligence cast serious doubt on attacking Babeldaob: of 35,000 troops stationed in Palau, 25,000 were thought to be on Babeldaob in powerfully fortified and upgraded positions and there were no beaches to support a large amphibian landing.
		American losses were heavy from the beginning and would remain so throughout the battle.
		STALEMATE II turned out to be an apt name for this operation: total American casualties for this virtually forgotten battle amounted to 8,583 with 1,285 killed in action, to be eclipsed in the Pacific only by those casualties from Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
	www.bentprop.org /sap/sap5.htm (802 words)

	War & Military History
		The battle that marked the turning point of World War I, Verdum was the epitome of trench warfare, so costly in human life that France may never have recovered.
		Live-action battle reenactments, each one carefully researched for costume, weaponry, and landscape, are blended with Kunstler's paintings to highlight the personalities and the battles of the Civil War.
		A tour de force of the battles fought from Korea and Vietnam to the desert lands of Israel and Kuwait.
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		The Battle of Guam was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands from 21 July 1944 to 10 August 1944.
		Rain and thick jungle made conditions difficult for the Americans, but after an engagement at Mount Barrigada from August 2 to August 4 the Japanese line collapsed and the rest of the battle was a pursuit to the north.
		As in other battles of the Pacific War, the Japanese refused to surrender, and almost all were killed.
	www.centralparknyusa.com /section/Battle_of_Guam (938 words)

	U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Washington (BB 56)
		Washington engaged in maneuvers and battle practice with units of the Home Fleet, out of Scapa Flow, into late April, when TF 39 was redesignated as TF 99 with Washington as flagship.
		The fourth Battle of Savo Island was underway.
		Washington resumed battle practice in the Hawaiian operating area upon conclusion of those repairs and alterations and joined a convoy on 27 July to form Task Group (TG) 56.14, bound for the South Pacific.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/ships/battleships/washington/bb56-wash.html (4072 words)

	NAMED CAMPAIGNS-WORLD WAR II
		After the Battle of Midway, the Allies were able to launch a limited offensive to protect their line of communications and to prevent the Japanese from consolidating their gains.
		Actually, the sea battle was a series of engagement's lasting from 23 to 26 October.
		A third Marine division evenly had to be thrown into the battle as 23,000 Japanese, firmly entrenched in terrain that gave every advantage to the defenders, exacted a price of some 20,000 American casualties for the tiny island.
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		Based at Yorktown, she kept in battle trim with Fleet maneuvers, tactics, and training in the areas of the Chesapeake Bay, intervened by overhaul at Norfolk and New York, with brief maneuvers.
		She then delivered a devastating fire on enemy gun emplacements among the rocks and cliffs flanking R ed Beach on Angaur Island.
		Pennsylvania and five other battleships, with cruisers and destroyers of Rear Adm iral Oldendorf's Force, steamed south and by nightfall were steaming slowly back and forth across the northern entrance of Surigao Strait, awaiting the approach of the enemy.
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