Flying toPearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt met with both commanders before ultimately electing to follow MacArthur's recommendations. As part of the advance to the Philippines, it was believed that Peleliu in the Palau Islands needed to be captured to secure the Allies' right flank (Map)...
But the island did fall. As a contrast, few studies of WWII in the Pacific will even mention the Battle of Peleliu, an island of marginal value, which might not have been attacked at all, except those in charge expected it to be so easy. Major General William Rupertus, USMC - commande...
On the DS, what was meant to be the same map can be found, albeit more pixelized due to the Nintendo DS's lower graphical capability. Underneath the accurately-drawn map of Peleliu, the three Japanese kanji reads: "Big Rocky Island." ...