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★ CHECK OUT OUR T-SHIRTS: https://bravestgeneration.com/collections/all ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheBestFilmArchives ►Google+: https://plus.google.com/+TheBestFilmArchives ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/BestFilmArch This film documents the invasion and capture of Angaur Island (Palau Island chain) by the American 81st "Wildcat" Infantry Division in its first battle during World War 2. It shows activities aboard a troop transport en route to Guadalcanal for a practice landing in August, 1944. On September 17 Angaur is invaded after a bombardment by ships and carrier planes. The documentary explains the tactics of the U.S. troops for securing this key island. It shows Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Commanding General of US Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT The Battle of Angaur was a battle of the Pacific campaign in World War 2, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September – 22 October 1944. It was part of a larger offensive campaign known as Operation Forager which ran from June 1944 to November 1944 in the Pacific Theater of Operations, and Operation Stalemate II in particular. Angaur is a tiny limestone island, just 3 mi (4.8 km) long, separated from Peleliu by a 7 mi (11 km) strait. In mid-1944, the Japanese had 1,400 troops on the island, under direct command of Major Goto who was stationed on the island. The weak defenses of the Palau islands and the potential for airfield construction made them attractive targets for the Americans after the capture of the Marshall Islands, but a shortage of landing craft meant that operations against the Palaus could not begin until the Mariana Islands were secure. Once the assault on Peleliu was "well in hand", the 322nd RCT would land on the northern Beach Red, and the 321st RCT on the eastern Beach Blue, both of the 81st Infantry Division. About the World War 2 in the Pacific: World War 2 was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations – including all of the great powers – eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War 2 was the largest conflict in human history. The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theater of World War 2 which was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. It was fought over a vast area which included the Pacific Ocean and islands, the South West Pacific, South-East Asia, and in China. It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii and the Philippines. Some historians contend that the conflict in Asia can be dated back to 7 July 1937 with the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, or possibly 19 September 1931, beginning with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself started in early December 1941, with the Sino-Japanese War then becoming part of it as a theater of the greater World War 2. The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Battle of Angaur | 1944 | World War 2 in the Pacific | US Army Documentary