The True Story 32 Men Fighting Over a Single Woman on a Remote Island

Queen of Anatahan — the lurid tale of sex and violent deaths

Peter Preskar
Short History
Published in
6 min readAug 10, 2023

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The true story of the Queen of Anatahan excited the imagination and inspired several movies and books
The true story of the Queen of Anatahan excited the imagination and inspired several movies and books (Image: fareastfilm.com)

At the end of World War II, a young woman found herself stranded with 32 young men, full of testosterone, on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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