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Given the choice would you prefer to work in the Pacific or European WW2 theater?
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:05 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:05 am
And what branch of the military / position? For me I think I’d want to be part of a bombing crew and would want to pick the Pacific.
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Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:09 am to DavidTheGnome
Apparently Army Air Corps had once of the highest mortality rates...catch me in the army in europe
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:09 am to DavidTheGnome
Reichsmarschall, Europe.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:10 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe for sure. The cold would really suck though.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:13 am to DavidTheGnome
So you killed a bunch of civilians and the Japanese didn’t give a shite
The Soviet invasion freaked them out more than Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The Soviet invasion freaked them out more than Hiroshima or Nagasaki
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:13 am to DavidTheGnome
European. All day, every day. Because guess what? Germans or Italians will take you prisoner, and treat you relatively well and according to the Geneva convention. With the Japs it was a toss up whether they would shoot you on the spot, or take you prisoner and let you work and starve yourself to death. The Nazis did some truly bad shite, but the Japanese military from the top down were a bunch of inhuman animals.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:15 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:How many matinees would I have to play?
Given the choice would you prefer to work in the Pacific or European WW2 theater?
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:40 am to DavidTheGnome
Send me to Australia for the bar fights.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:53 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe all day, because if you survived D-Day you definitely had the chance to bang some killer European poon while killin nazi slime.
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 12:54 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 12:53 am to Shiftyplus1
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With the Japs it was a toss up whether they would shoot you on the spot, or take you prisoner and let you work and starve yourself to death. The Nazis did some truly bad shite, but the Japanese military from the top down were a bunch of inhuman animals.
Very true. I read a book on the Bataan Death March and couldn’t image what those prisoner went through. I’ll take Europe all day.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 1:43 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe for a variety of reasons, but primarily because of the length of both campaigns.
From D-Day, June 6, 1944, until Germany surrendered in early May 1945, was less than a year.
The Island battles started in the Pacific in the summer of ‘42, and lasted 3 years until the summer of 1945. The first major battle for Guadalcanal lasted 6 months, and the last on Okinawa was 3 months.
There are exceptions. Bomber crews based in England had incredible casualty rates, and they missions for a couple of years prior to D-Day. The invasion of Sicily and the Italian peninsula was the Summer of ‘43, and some of the heaviest fighting for Americans in Europe occurred in Italy.
But for the average American fighting on the ground, Europe was better than the Hell in the Pacific.
From D-Day, June 6, 1944, until Germany surrendered in early May 1945, was less than a year.
The Island battles started in the Pacific in the summer of ‘42, and lasted 3 years until the summer of 1945. The first major battle for Guadalcanal lasted 6 months, and the last on Okinawa was 3 months.
There are exceptions. Bomber crews based in England had incredible casualty rates, and they missions for a couple of years prior to D-Day. The invasion of Sicily and the Italian peninsula was the Summer of ‘43, and some of the heaviest fighting for Americans in Europe occurred in Italy.
But for the average American fighting on the ground, Europe was better than the Hell in the Pacific.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 2:18 am to DavidTheGnome
North Africa
Navy
Navy
Posted on 10/4/19 at 2:23 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe.
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 2:24 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 2:23 am to DavidTheGnome
Army Air Corps in England or 20th Air Force Mariana Islands. Flying escort missions.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 3:39 am to Johnny Roastbeef
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Very true. I read a book on the Bataan Death March and couldn’t image what those prisoner went through. I’ll take Europe all day.
This 100%. I did a school project once where I interviewed a relative of mine that survived the Bataan march. The things he described were horrific and the way they were treated was inhumane to say the least. Wish I still had or could find those cassette tapes
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 3:40 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 6:21 am to bulldog95
Europe, because I’m in the natzi Kilin business and cousin business is a boomin!
This post was edited on 10/4/19 at 6:26 am
Posted on 10/4/19 at 6:25 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe. At least if you got captured the Germans were somewhat humane and respected Americans.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 6:28 am to DavidTheGnome
Europe/Army. I’d much rather know for certain I’m on the ground and that I’m facing my enemy, rather than be shot down over seas or have my ship hit and have to worry about becoming shark bait.
Posted on 10/4/19 at 6:31 am to DavidTheGnome
0331 Marine. Pacific. Belt fed stack the Dead. Me and ol' Johnny B would do work on some Japs
Posted on 10/4/19 at 6:37 am to DavidTheGnome
Dogface, France and Germany, ETO.
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