Peleliu Airfield

Peleliu Airfield is a map based off combat on Peleliu island that happens in a Japanese airfield.
==Description==
Peleliu Airfield
Peleliu
Palau Islands
1944American troops attack the Japanese airfield on Peleliu
File:Butaritari description image 5.png|Aerial view of the real Butaritari
==Capture points==
There are 6 capture points in Peleliu Airfield 
File:Peleliu Airfield A.png|A:Bomb Shelter
File:Peleliu Airfield B early version.png|B:Repair Area
File:Peleliu Airfield C.png|C:Headquarters
File:Peleliu Airfield D.png|D:Hangars
File:Peleliu Airfield E.png|E:Power Plant
==History==
===Background===
Built in the island of Palau, it was constructed in 1944 by Japan as an airbasePeleliu Airfield, Wikipedia. In March 1944, the Japanese ministry of war decided that due to the increasing allied naval dominance on the pacific, Peleliu and the Palau islands would be intentionally abandoned to the enemy at the highest possible cost for themGayle, Gordon D. “Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu.” National Parks Service. Accessed August 19, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003137-00/sec1.htm..
===Invasion of Peleliu===
By 1944, Japan was clearly on the defensive during the war and after the United States captured the Gilberts Island, Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Marshalls, Tinian, Saipan, and Guam using its Island Hopping strategy, the commanders of the US forces in the pacific started planning for the step of winning the Japan war. After the US president met with General McArthur and Admiral Nimits, McArthur's plan of liberating the Philippines was chosen causing Peleliu island and its airfield to be seen as a threat to the plan due to its location on the eastern side of the Philippines.Niderost, Eric. “Unnecessary Hell: The Battle of Peleliu.” Warfare History Network, March 2009. Accessed August 19, 2023. https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/unnecessary-hell-the-battle-of-peleliu/.
The invasion of Peleliu was codenamed "Operation Stalemate II" and the task of securing the island was given to the 1st Marine Division. It was thought by some that the 3-1 size ratio of the 1st Marine Division (which included specialist and non-combat personnel) and 14th Infantry division from the Kwangtung Army was enough to win the battle, underestimating the Japanese tactic of fighting for every centimeter of territory. Just like with other island hopping operations, the island was first heavily bombardment by naval ships and aircraft but this was not enough to prevent the ferocious fighting that was about to come.
During the landings the allied advance slowed due too the heavy defenses of the island, especially the ones on Umurbrogols "mountain", which was filled with natural caves that could be used as bunkers and its opening as firing positions. 
===Battle of the Airfield===
Peleliu Airfield was attacked early on during the landings when the 5th Marine Regiment pushed rapidly to capture the airfield while in the open, under heavy artillery fire from Umurbrogols which caused heavy casualties.
In the end, Japanese forces were confined to Umurbrogols, which was the location of the highest and bloodiest fighting on the island. Fighting in the "mountain" became so ferocious that the reserves during the operation, the US Army 81st division were deployed to replace the withdrawing 1st Marine Division. The fighting on Peleliu ended on November 1944, with 202 prisoners of war taken, only 19 of those prisoners are Japanese, while the rest are either Korean or Okinawan laborers.
==Points of Interest==
===Armored doors and windows===
There are armored doors/windows in this map which could be opened and closed but could also be locked from the inside. Although players could unlock them from the inside most of these armored doors/windows are locked during the start of the round, with Grenades, Bazookas and vehicle main armaments the only thing being able to destroy them.
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==Gallery==
File:Peleliu Airfield miscellaneous3.png|Early teaser of Capture Point EImage originally uploaded by Akkurat at 4 May 2021 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Peleliu Airfield miscellaneous2.png|Early teaser of a Japanese wooden pillbox near Capture Point DImage originally uploaded by Akkurat at 12 May 2021 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Peleliu Airfield miscellaneous1.png|Ditto
File:Development1.png|Early teaser of the Isuzu water truckImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 1 August 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Development3.png|Early teaser of the Toyota KC truck used to start-up propeller aircraft enginesImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 14 August 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
File:Development4.png|another view of the truck
File:Development5.png|A Japanese steam rollerImage originally uploaded by Wilhelm at 1 September 2023 on Discord (GMT+7)
==Updates==
*It is currently only available in the dev version of Frontlines: Pacific
*The images located on its descriptions are currently placeholders
*Capture Point B is currently empty
==References==
Category:Maps