(1/5) Pacific Lost Evidence Peleliu Episode 5 World War II

[StonewallJackson26]

Pe-le-loo. That is how you pronounce it.

[0TheXBoxRocks0]

I wish SHOOTOUT was still on, what happened to it?

[ddnak36]

I am from the island of Palau and my father and the rest of his family are from Peleliu.. I am currently residing in Guam but can still recall the times when i would go to Palau and visit my father's family in Peleliu,,,I can also recall the times when there would be stacks of Japanese and U.S. grenades, bayonets, bullets and parts of rifles that were in the back of the house... Its so sad that so many soldiers died from both sides in that small island...

[blkhyundaisonata]

That's one military blunder that could have saved many many Marines who we could have fought on other battlefields!!! If it was my choice I'd just have skipped Peleliu and proceeded to the main islands and cut off supplies to Peleliu so it'll just have been a matter of weeks before the Japanees soldiers starved to death. would have saved Time,Supplies,Munition,and most of all Lives!!! THUMBS UP CUZ THIS IS A DAMN GOOD DECISION!!

[Toddinfantry]

@blkhyundaisonata Before you write this battle off remember this, the aircraft that found the survivors of the USS Indianapolis sinking came from Peleliu. Doesn't even the cost, but we Marines seem to do a lot of dying to save other lives....guess we evened the score better at Iwo.

[blkhyundaisonata]

@Toddinfantry Didn't know that... And I got tons of footage from our previous wars! Thnx for the info!

[2bn442RCT]

@xxn0h3artxx1 In America that is.

[2bn442RCT]

@xxn0h3artxx1 It has always been pronounced just as the narrator states. Only until recently like in the series "The Pacific" has if been pronounced like you state.

[sarnath66f]

peleliu inferno

[TheSonOfDumb]

I've subscribed. Please upload some more WWII vids.

[Brian567899]

My Great Great Uncle was a U.S. Marine only 18 he died on this island on September 15th Damn Japs shot em up. RIP Arnold Phillips and the rest of the marines who died on the bloody battle.

[randy109]

I had 5 uncles that served in the Pacific theater. 3 were seriously wounded, 2 permanently disabled. Damn Japs knew the war was lost by the end of '42 and could have saved millions of lives (on both sides) if they had been truly "honorable" and surrendered. Jap view of "honor" is more like "suicide" with a different label. Millions of innocent people were dead by summer of '45 for no other reason than the Jap's skewed view of "honor". Suicide = Cowardice...

[Marzaq87]

@randy109 honour to your uncles! and i agree with you about the suicides but to be fair not many nations would toss in the towel when a war goes bad. this is true even for most western countries. especielly not in the ww2 era when unconditional surrender was something outrageous and almost unheard of.

[noblepuker]

im glad i don't have to endure the endless commercials this program originally had.I still have to put up with the constant rehashing of information.I have good equipment & drinking water,i can do this.

[Zajuts149]

Argh! The history channel bothers me. Peleliu was not a step to crack the defenses of japan, but a safeguard for the retaking of the Philippines.

[2bn442RCT]

And in the end worthless.

[TheRapper10000]

@2bn442RCT That's why they call this Peleliu "The Lost Battle".

[PattonZIPPO]

Great battle!! The Pacific war is my favourite part of WW2!!!!!! Though, bloody, crocodolis, malaria and the Japs were the enemies

[HoustonGD]

lack of good drinking water made this battle a true hell on earth

[Kumanice21]

Yeah! Peliliu! Omg, palau all the way! Lol...

[mrsmelzbad]

3 uncles and two aunts fought wwii

[mrsmelzbad]

My uncle fought here.... RIP uncle Bud!!!

[nederlandsepizza]

Respect for all sodiers who was fighting there.

usmcspartan420 say: Semper Fi

[Usmcspartan420]

OMFG... Semper Fi... dude this is no joke... im playin call of duty world at war on vetran difficulty... omfg this pelelui is the HARDEST vidio game fighting ive ever attempted. Ive died so many times.... the cuasualty rate (if my deaths in the game were the real stat) would be like 10000 instead of a 1000 dr(death ratio)all i have to say is thank god for the flamethrowers,.45 acp and the U.S.cal30 M-2(30-06 springfield round{my fav}.well i guess i cant leave out the TNT either... O_0

[worldbattle39]

me too

[meadeETX125pe]

A very brave bunch of true warriors. I'm not sure how I would have stood up to this of test of courage.

Semper fi !

[zetsupk]

Very Good Videos! Keep up the good work!

[kcolpaer]

A good compliment to this are the memoirs of Eugene B. Sledge and Robert Leckie (soon to be the basis of Tom Hanks' and Seven Spielberg's Pacific Theater counterpart to "Band of Brothers") and, of course, many fine histories of Peleliu, itself.

[2bn442RCT]

Does this series have a web site?

[rustydeathpipe]

try googling history channel

[riotagus]

Damn Good videos !!