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re: WWII: Would You Choose the Pacific or Europe?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:03 pm to undecided
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 7:09 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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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.
women in Europe during WWII....
Pacific Native Girls during WWII
(well I can't post a pic because everything I find shows their tits)
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:09 pm to KG6
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There's a romanticism to the European theater.
This is it. There was a celebration each time the Allies liberated a European city/country. In the Pacific, soldiers had to witness women jumping off of cliffs rather than face allied possession.
Also, see ^above^ post
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This post was edited on 7/8/14 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:11 pm to undecided
European Theater (after D-Day). ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
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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 7:14 pm to Navytiger74
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
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:17 pm to undecided
My grandfather was in battle of bulge, I always heard only one of two from his unit to make it back to the states alive. Also heard he had a limp due to frostbite. Sadly I never met him, booze got him at 49
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:17 pm to undecided
How about this question, WWII or Vietnam?
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:17 pm to undecided
The Germans were classier than the Japs and they prolly didnt smell as bad.
Also European Women>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Asian Women
Also European Women>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Asian Women
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:19 pm to Forkbeard3777
Well Nam you just had to survive a year and you could come home
WW2 only way you came home was in a box
WW2 only way you came home was in a box
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:19 pm to undecided
A thing to remember: the Pacific Theater was fought (not including naval or air) on islands...so, once you hit the beach there is no where to go. Some islands, like Iwo Jima, were volcanic "sand" which made digging in almost impossible. But, if there is a bright side, one didn't have to endure sub-zero temperatures...
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:20 pm to Forkbeard3777
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How about this question, WWII or Vietnam?
WWII. I want no parts of Asia, none
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:20 pm to undecided
The only way I'm going to the Pacific theater is if my arse is stuck on a ship with big guns. frick getting off on one of those islands.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:21 pm to undecided
Oak Ridge, TN.
They saved thousands of lives there.
They saved thousands of lives there.
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:21 pm to Spaceman Spiff
English whores
French Whores
Italian Whores
German Whores
vs
filipino ladyboys
its not even close
French Whores
Italian Whores
German Whores
vs
filipino ladyboys
its not even close
Posted on 7/8/14 at 7:22 pm to Jefferson Davis
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Europe. It was brutal either way, but it seems like the Pacific was truly hell on Earth.
Read this. It's an article from Time magazine from 1944 written by a guy who'd been in both theaters and seen the war first hand....
quote:
Which Is The Tougher War?
From Time Magazine Which is the tougher war—in Europe or in the Pacific? To this inevitable argument among veterans, two authorities made curtain-raising contributions. The New York Herald Tribune's Correspondent Homer Bigart, who covered the Italian campaign, described his reactions last week to fighting in the Philippines. "(I was] impressed by the weakness of the Japanese artillery and the failure of the enemy to employ mines with anything like the diabolical thoroughness of Kesselring's Army in Italy. The Ist Imperials have perhaps four .75s on the Ormoc road. Their fire has been woefully ineffective except against an easy pointblank target. . . . You can drive right up to the front without drawing a storm of artillery or getting blown skyhigh by mines." But—"the newcomer gets a false sense of security. Hearing none of the usual din of battle, he comes jeeping along, admiring the scenery, when —ping—a sniper's bullet shatters his daydreams. . . . Japanese bullets and knee mortars can kill just as surely as yon Mackensen's railway guns at Anzio." Jap fanaticism is also disturbing. A Brooklyn private, describing the banzai shout, told Bigart: "It had kind of a weird sound, like Ladies' Day at Ebbets Field." Wrote Bigart: "The German . . . rarely tries suicide tactics. When a mission becomes hopeless the German gives up. But the Japanese never does." From the European theater another two-front observer gave his opinion. Maj.Gen. J. Lawton ("Joe Lightning") Collins fought in Guadalcanal and New Georgia, now commands the VII Corps on the Western Front. In a recent interview in Yank: "From the purely physical standpoint the Pacific campaigns have been infinitely worse for the private soldier. There he's had to live in the heat and filth of the jungle, worrying about malaria and the fact that a scratch may develop into a tropical ulcer. . . . "In the Pacific we're fighting the toughest kind of warfare —amphibious warfare. "The Jap is a helluva sight tougher. ... On Guadal-canal we counted 2300 Japs lying out in front of the division; we captured 22. But we've captured Germans by the thousands . . . probably captured ten to every one we've killed. "But the Japs are dumb. The Germans are much more skillful tactically . . . much better equipped."
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