>Amphibious invasions are super hard
Why did Japan and the US perform a billion of them on Polynesian and Pilipino islands during WWII, then?
>Amphibious invasions are super hard
Why did Japan and the US perform a billion of them on Polynesian and Pilipino islands during WWII, then?
>super hard = impossible
Hey bud (=) means equals
(=/=) Means does not equal
You must be 18 to post and you should probably also have a supra 80 IQ
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Good job ignoring the important part, the greentext.
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Because they were necessary.
just get on the boat and get off the boat, bro
Modern weapons have become super accurate compared to yesteryears
When Americans performed Amphibious landings in the pacific it was mostly because it the island was important. The Japanese actually set up across as many islands as they could and many of these islands were by passed because there was no need to invade them.
>surprise amphibious landings on sparsely undefended islands
Gee moron I wonder why.
>Philippine landings
MacArthur like the absolute troglodyte that he is abandoned the pre-planned War Plans that were created solely to defend against such an attempt.
>MacArthur like the absolute troglodyte that he is abandoned the pre-planned War Plans that were created solely to defend against such an attempt.
Now do Inchon
>week of bombings on critical facilities
>various feints across the entire Korean front to keep quick response forces guessing
>uncontested waters
>hundreds of support ships
>severely outnumbered and understrength defenders with practically no air cover
Yeah very easy
>Amphibious invasions are super hard
its not like they could drive from California to Okinawa
I'm pretty sure most Marines who fought in the Pacific theater would agree that it was "super hard" at times.
they neet it as a forward base for further progress
you won't sail from pearl harbor to osaka in one shot
Because it's was a fight for deny the enemy and gaining for yourself an unsinkable aircraft carrier
Because they had god-tier navies and naval air power.
Because that's what the war was about, both sides had big navies for the purpose of fighting a war over pacific islands.
>amphibious landing on frickwhat tiny islands in the middle of nowhere
easy
>amphibious landing on any sufficiently large landmass
the real deal
>Why did Japan and the US perform a billion of them on Polynesian and Pilipino islands during WWII, then?
Amphibious landings aren't hard. OPPOSED amphibious landing are hard. Not every landing was opposed, OP.