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WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:42 pm
I've been on a WWII binge lately and just finished watching Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Prior to Band of Brothers, I re-watched Ken Burns, "The War" (both of which I highly recommend). All of which have lead me to consider if it's possible to prefer one front of war versus the other?
For me my preference would be Europe. War is hell no matter where it is but the Pacific seems like a special kind of hell. I imagine being in the Pacific is like being stuck in the Ardennes during The Battle of the Bulge for the entirety of the war. As an observer, the Ardennes forest represented the worst of Europe; being stuck in Belgium during winter with no supplies, as artillery rained downed upon you mixed in with falling trees and splintered wood. I imagine everyday in the Pacific being like this
In The War, someone comments that you can surround 50,000 Germans and they'll surrender but if you surround 500 Japanese they'll fight to the death
For me my preference would be Europe. War is hell no matter where it is but the Pacific seems like a special kind of hell. I imagine being in the Pacific is like being stuck in the Ardennes during The Battle of the Bulge for the entirety of the war. As an observer, the Ardennes forest represented the worst of Europe; being stuck in Belgium during winter with no supplies, as artillery rained downed upon you mixed in with falling trees and splintered wood. I imagine everyday in the Pacific being like this
In The War, someone comments that you can surround 50,000 Germans and they'll surrender but if you surround 500 Japanese they'll fight to the death
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 9:09 pm
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:45 pm to undecided
Europe,
Those japs scare the shite out of me.
Those japs scare the shite out of me.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:46 pm to undecided
Europe.
And I hate it when people say this on here...
But it really isn't close.
And I hate it when people say this on here...
But it really isn't close.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:47 pm to undecided
I would have figured out a way to stay home.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:48 pm to undecided
Without a doubt, Europe
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:48 pm to undecided
I don't think you'll find anyone who says the Pacific.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:49 pm to undecided
I'm thinking Europe.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:50 pm to undecided
Hate the cold. Hate it. Asia for me.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:52 pm to undecided
Pacific. I'd rather sweat my arse off and pop japs by the dozen than freeze my arse off while panzer divisions try to kill me.
ETA: I'd die for sure though.
ETA: I'd die for sure though.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:52 pm to undecided
Since im black, id rather drive the deuce and a half in europe...a lot of people wont get this. 
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:53 pm to undecided
As far as I can get from this!
But then again, I'm not a jew.
But then again, I'm not a jew.
quote:
Japanese butchery, disease, exposure to the blazing sun, lack of food, and lack of water took the lives of approximately 5,200 Americans along the way. Many prisoners were bayoneted, shot, beheaded or just left to die on the side of the road. "A Japanese soldier took my canteen, gave the water to a horse, and threw the canteen away," reported one escapee. "The stronger were not permitted to help the weaker. We then would hear shots behind us." The Japanese forced the prisoners to sit for hours in the hot sun without water. "Many of us went crazy and several died."
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:53 pm to undecided
So Saving Private Ryan or Thin Red Line?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 6:54 pm to undecided
Europe IMO. I'm no fan of the cold but I'd rather face that than all the other potential environmental threats the pacific has in addition to the Japanese
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:03 pm to undecided
Well I'm an old tanker. Had I been around for WWII and doen the same thing, let's see what I'd have faced...
The Japs had few tank and the ones they had were pure shite. Their tankers were not trained to fight other tanks either.
The Germans on the other hand had arguabley the best tanks and the best tankers in the world...
Yeah, I'd choose to head to the Pacific 10 out of 10 times.
The Japs had few tank and the ones they had were pure shite. Their tankers were not trained to fight other tanks either.
The Germans on the other hand had arguabley the best tanks and the best tankers in the world...
Yeah, I'd choose to head to the Pacific 10 out of 10 times.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:05 pm to undecided
While Europe is colder, it probably had better women (and access, something you don't get on Guadalcanal), which seems to be what every one has overlooked in this thread.
This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:05 pm to undecided
There's a romanticism to the European theater. Obviously probably not for the people there, but it's just interesting to learn about.
The pacific would have scared the crap out of me. Hot, wet, and we had to drop a-bombs to get them to give up. No thanks.
The pacific would have scared the crap out of me. Hot, wet, and we had to drop a-bombs to get them to give up. No thanks.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:08 pm to undecided
I would find my way to a cushy logistics job in DC supporting the troops "over there".
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:11 pm to undecided
European Theater (after D-Day).
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:13 pm to undecided
Europe. It was brutal either way, but it seems like the Pacific was truly hell on Earth.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:16 pm to undecided
Both
I'm a badass in my own mind
I'm a badass in my own mind
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