battle, major, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Angaur

Battle of Angaur was a battle fought on 15 September 1944 at Angaur, in what is now Palau. It was part of the Pacific War, which ran from 1941 to 1945. The recorded result: American victory.

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Bombardment of Anguar. Three U.S. Navy ships of Task Group 32.12 are visible (l-r): the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43), wearing camouflage Measure 32 Design 1D; LST-689; and the heavy cruiser USS Mi. USN, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	15 September 1944
Place	Angaur, Palau 6.900N, 134.133E
Part of	Pacific War (1941 to 1945)
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Result	American victory
Belligerents	United States	Empire of Japan

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Peleliu 1944, 18 km
Battle of Morotai 1944, 844 km
Battle of Noemfoor 1944, 880 km
Battle of Biak 1944, 903 km
Battle off Samar 1944, 996 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of Tinian 24 July 1944
After: Battle of Morotai 15 September 1944
All 71 engagements of Pacific War

Elsewhere in 1944

Battle of Angaur is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 2 in present-day Palau.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1538855, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Angaur, revision 1385684830, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.