[PapaNew]

That’s very interesting.

I looks like we went with the Army version. Was that found to be a better version than that of the Navy?

[EternalVigilance]

Dutch women and children sitting on a Sherman VC Firefly tank of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians). Harderwijk, Netherlands, April 19, 1945. Photograph by Captain Jack H. Smith.

[colorado tanker]

I would say events overtook the Navy's plan to land on the China coast.

Early in the war it seemed logical to culminate the island hopping campaign by establishing a base on Formosa to support a landing in China. Japan had so many resources in China, plus it seemed we would need a China base to invade Japan.

The Army, and MacArthur in particular, strongly argued for a Philippine invasion in light of the promises made the Philippine people and the faster than expected success in New Guinea. Taking the Philippines made an assault on Formosa unnecessary. Later, the senior leadership realized the Philippines in conjunction with the Marianas bases and Okinawa could be used to stage an invasion of the home islands without any bases in China.

Plus, in 1944 the Chinese suffered many reverses and we eventually gave up our B-29 bases in favor of the Marianas, so it didn't seem necessary to engage Japan in China.