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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the answer to your question is that the main U.S. effort went to defeating the Germans. In terms of their success and brutality, the world had not seen anything like the German army since Genghis Khan. And Genghis Khan did not have death camps, as far as I know. The Japanese forces were just not a threat (to the U.S.) on the same level as the Germans.

That being said, I do agree that the Japanese have been let off the hook for many of the brutalities they committed during the war.  I doubt many Americans know that they enslaved and tortured American POWs and even performed Dr. Mengele-like experiments on them. [/quote]

Not true at all. Japanese barbarism was so bad at areas like Nanking it disgusted even the Nazis.  The Japanese used to cut off peoples arms and legs and use live torsos for bayonet practice. They were ungodly barbaric in Singapore, Shanghai, Manila, and especially in the Andamans/Dutch East Indies. The Japanese too had death camps with appalling conditions that were arguably even worse than what the Nazis ran. In fact, more Americans were held in Japanese death camps that the numbers held in Nazi death camps.

How in the world were the Japanese not a threat to the US?  They friggin' bombed pearl harbor. They actually hit mainland US with bombs dropped by balloons that even killed a few US citizens. There are historical records of FDR sweating bullets because the US govt anticipated a west coast invsion of the US and the govt believed that the Japanese might not be able to be stopped until they reached Chicago.  It's a complete myth the Germans were more barbaric or were more of a threat. [/quote]

I don't think you actually read what I said. But let me try again:

U.S. Forces killed in Europe–Atlantic Theatre 183,588
U.S. Forces killed in Asia–Pacific Theatre       108,504

So, about 63% of the deaths were in Europe, which speaks to the level of American power directed at each country. And in terms of the Japanese invading, neither Japan nor Germany had the resources to invade the U.S. Invading France across the English Channel was nearly impossible. Anyway who talks about invading the U.S. across the Pacific or Atlantic is not a serious person.

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Casualties don't mean squat. We had massive amount of equipment from Aircraft carriers, to planes, to marines all directed at Asia. THE ENTIRE MANHATTAN PROJECT BUILT A BINB DROPPED ON JAPAN.  The number of US casualties in the Pacific theater was slightly lower than Europe only because of the US' vast technical superiority over the Japanese.  In terms of Iives lost, however, the Pacific theater and Asia was just as bad, if not worse than Europe if you actually count Japan's invasion as Manchuria.  Percentage wise, the US destroyed far more of Japanese forces than the German military. WW2 in Europe was primarily won with Russian blood. The US was far more instrumental in liberating the entire other half of the globe. 
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