Tribute to: The South Pacific Campaign (Part 1)

[splitsecondetrinity]

hi.i live in guam.can i ask you any question?

were you with ira hayes/

was there any locals that helped you?

was it very nice in guam before the war?

[Haflor]

wat r u talking about? who are u talking too? I wasn't in the war.

[xiaoxiao19]

As a Asian, I know that many Asian countries( especially China and Korea) still do not like Japan, even though they know that Japan nowadays is not militarism. It is because Japan still do not admit and apologise what she did to asian countries during World War 2.

[xiaoxiao19]

I know that many western countries like nowadays Italy and Germany.

I also know that many Asian countriesdon't like japan nowadays.

[xiaoxiao19]

Oh, ic. Do American like nowadays Japan, Germany and Italy?

[Haflor]

we love germany, italy, and japan today and have for decades ever since the war ended. germany is a big ally of ours now (we have many miltary bases there). and we do loads of business with japan too.

[xiaoxiao19]

Do you mean that American dislike Japan more than European( including British) dislike Japan?

[xiaoxiao19]

So you mean that Japan was USA( not other western countries) main enemy during world war 2 beside Nazi Germany?

Before your comment, I thought that Nazi Germany was western countries'( including USA) main enemy and Japanese Empire was Asian countries' main enemy.

[Haflor]

no, America had originally planned to fight only Japan but then Germany and Italy declared war on us and we came to the aid of our allies France and Great Britain to fight them. Japan was our first enemy and our main but we spent lots of time fighting the germans and italians as well. Americans disliked all the axis countries the same amount.

[xiaoxiao19]

to re4lyfe :

it is because during world war 2, Japan was Asian countries main enemy.

Germany was western countries main enemy.

So westerners focus more on European battle fronts.

[Haflor]

not for America. Japan was our main enemy during the war becuase they attacked us. that's why we fought them for 2 more years than we fought the germans, and 1 more year than we fought the italians.

[re4lyfe]

i dont understan why there is so much focus on the european battle fronts instead of pacific. in my opinion the pacific campaign was harder because the japs faught to the least man while germans surrendered alot

[AKfromUSA]

Agree

[alvitokid76]

my uncle was a machine gunner in the 27th infantry. He served on the islands of makin, saipan, and okinawa, winning a purple heart and bronze star. I dont think that the pacific theater is given enough national credit.

[Buffalo3Stu]

Well I guess it didn't begin in Guam but it did in the Pacific battle with the Japanese.

[Haflor]

well yeah, it began with the battles of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway as shown in the video.

[Buffalo3Stu]

I havn't payed as much attention to the Pacific theatre of the war. I've been more focused on the European fronts but this is where it all started for us. This was the time for the allies to prove themselves.