The thing about the Pacific is that there was NOWHERE to go to get away from it.
You’re on an island with 20K odd Japanese Rikusentai - their “Special Naval Landing Force” (Imperial Marines) who are bound and determined to f*** your world up before they die.
You destroy them, and then move on to the next island with more of them there... over and over.
I bet every one of those guys got on their knees and thanked the Lord when they heard about Fat man and Little Boy going off on August 6 and August 9th...
No doubt