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re: WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:32 pm to undecided
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:32 pm to undecided
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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
Europe.
It's not just the Japanese soldiers but the tropical diseases, which ravaged our forces.
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Posted on 7/10/14 at 7:16 am to maine82
Something else to consider: in the pacific, you were on an operation for a few weeks up to a month or two, the back to a real area to red and retrain for a few months. A guy in Europe who went ashore on D day would be in combat for nearly a year without a break.
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