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re: Given the choice would you prefer to work in the Pacific or European WW2 theater?
Posted on 10/4/19 at 10:04 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 10/4/19 at 10:04 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Europe and it’s not even close. Bastogne was hell on Earth with the cold and carnage, but other than that and D Day, things weren’t terrible.
Again, this simply isn’t true. Infantry divisions fighting in Europe suffered higher casualty rates than those of either the Marines or Army in the Pacific. As I pointed out earlier, if the division that suffered the highest casualties in the Pacific (1st Marine Div) had suffered the same number of casualties in Europe, it would have ranked 8th or 9th on the list of divisions with the most casualties, just behind a National Guard Division, I believe the 35th Infantry if memory serves me correctly.
Infantry Divisions in Europe in general stayed in combat longer and suffered higher casualty rates than Marine or Army divisions in the Pacific.
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 10:06 am
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Posted on 10/4/19 at 10:10 am to Darth_Vader
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Infantry Divisions in Europe in general stayed in combat longer and suffered higher casualty rates than Marine or Army divisions in the Pacific.
This. In the PTO, after an island was secured, the landing unit was replaced and sent off for a little R&R until the next time. Not like a constant march, pretty much, across Europe.
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