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The Allies also went in to North Africa earlier too. The article also says nothing about the fact that the US also fought in the Pacific theater without Soviet
by jkingsbery 7y ago
The Allies also went in to North Africa earlier too.
The article also says nothing about the fact that the US also fought in the Pacific theater without Soviet help.
- dagenleg 7y agoI think you are forgetting the Manchurian operation and the impact it had on bringing down the Japanese war machine.
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoChina is often hardly mentioned at all in narratives on WWII as a whole or in the Pacific.
- stochastic_monk 7y agoIt’s always mentioned in the context of Japanese aggression, e.g., the “Rape of Nanking”.
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoI agree, China is always mentioned in the context of the Japanese invasion of China...
- _bohm 7y agoIndeed. Many historians cite the opening of another front in the Pacific theater by the Soviets as the primary cause for the Japanese surrender (although this is a hotly debated issue).