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I would agree also, but from my limited knowledge I believe it captured the essence of the Pacific Theater. The distances and the fact that it was an island hopping campaign makes it very different from the eleven months from D-Day to VE day.

I’m sure we only got a glimpse of the savagery our forces had to face.

"I’m sure we only got a glimpse of the savagery our forces had to face."

Yes, if you want to see that more, read the books it was based on. With the Old Breed by Sledge and Helmet for my Pillow by Leckie. Sometimes, a movie can only tell so much of the story where a book can get far more in depth. I felt that the series might have moved along too quickly because it was covering a lot of ground. It had to skip over a lot of important points.

"The distances and the fact that it was an island hopping campaign makes it very different from the eleven months from D-Day to VE day."

Perhaps I'm biased because I'm a jarhead, but truly for America the war in the Pacific was far more important than the war in Europe. For one thing, it was the Japanese, not the Germans that attacked us. For another, our vital interests were being threatened far more in Asia than they were in Europe.

I'm not minimizing the war in Europe. We had to fight Hitler just for the sheer evil and atrocities that were being committed. However, from the standpoint of American interests, the Pacific theater was far more important. Germany was never going to launch an invasion on us. Hitler couldn't mount an invasion across the English channel much less the Atlantic ocean. Yet, I've always felts that in the minds of the public, the war in Europe has always been looked upon as the more important theater.