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Originally Posted by dyna mo
you totally fail at realizing the Pacific War was a naval war. Island hopping, etc. how many troops can Japan stuff onto a mile square island? 1 millions?  I'm sure you think so.
So hey, pat yourself on the back for your komrades in manchuria and keep thinking you made a difference in a few days re: a 4 year war by capturing some raw recruits in a country not even connected by land to Japan.
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Iwo Jima is all of eight square miles and had some twenty-two thousand Japanese troops. Eventually seventy thousand US Marines were landed there.