re: Spinoff: Was Pelelieu the Biggest Waste of a Campaign in WWII?

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You are only looking at it from an offensive standpoint.

I too was not alive nor am I a military strategist, but by holding the area it prevented the enemy from having and utilizing it.

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We didn't actually have to take Pelelieu. We could have simply by-passed and isolated it like we did with numerous other Japanese held islands.

But of course as has already been pointed out in this thread, we're looking at this matter with the benefit of hindsight.