The National WWII Museum | The Battle of Peleliu: The Forgotten Hell #wwii #history #tomlea #art @wwiimuseum | Uploaded 2 weeks ago | Updated 6 hours ago
D-day on Peleliu launched September 15, 1944, with an armada of over 800 ships and B-24s dropping over 600 tons of bombs. It was the toughest battle in the Pacific. The fighting continued for months. Americans suffered over 9,000 casualties. 1,600 killed in action. Tom Lea's paintings shed light on the brutality of the battle and of the war.
To learn more: nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-peleliu-forgotten-hell