Lack of weapons was not an issue that made fighting difficult in the Pacific theater.
Lack of weapons was not an issue that made fighting difficult in the Pacific theater.
Lack of weapons was not an issue that made fighting difficult in the Pacific theater.
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2. In Europe, the U.S. was fighting more than one country and had more Allies that they could rely on.
Pacific theater
The Allies divided the world into Theaters of Operations, of which there were two in the Pacific, the Central Pacific Theater and the Southwest Pacific Theater. There was also a China-Burma-India Theater. US Army General Douglas MacArthur was commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater. US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the Central Pacific, and he was also commander of the US Pacific Fleet. Nimitz usually had the six divisions of US Marines, and Army troops as well under his command, plus US Army Air Force units. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten commanded the China-Burma-India Theater.
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Some of the most vicious and close-quarters combat characterized the fighting in the Pacific Theater of Operations and was equal to the ferocity to be found on the Eastern Front between the Germans and Russians .
Actually it was a two front war so there was fighting in the Pacific. It just isn't as popular to study as the European theater. If you want to see the Pacific war watch the series Victory at Sea and it documents the battles in the Pacific.
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