To compare to today Bush would have gone straight to Okinawa.
Instead of working his way to the heart of the enemy's stronghold like the island hopping of WWII. If we had the Air Force of today back then we could have gone to Okinawa first then bombed all the other islands into submission when they tried to get our supply lines.
I believe this is what Bush did by going to Iraq.
He actually has saved many lives by going to the heart of the beast instead of starting at the feet
I wonder, Okinawa or Kyushu?
Tokyo would certainly gone up, the rail yards, comm centers
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But, remember this game can only be played with WWII's weapons!
I would have taken Iwo right after taking back WAKE ISLAND!
In fact, WAKE ISLAND would have NEVER fallen to Japan if I was FDR!
Abandoning those Marines on Wake was a war crime in itself.
Wonder how the media would play THAT one, eh?
The heart of the beast is Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. Without Saudi Arabia's financing and blessing, there would be no Wahabbi movement, without the Wahabbis there would be no radical jihadis.