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Originally Posted by NewNick
Well done on Japan, I did not know that you did that single handedly.
Actually the US was the LAST country to declare war on Japan in WWII, the Chinese had been fighting since 1937. Even the Canadians were in before the USA.
The following countries had significant forces in the war against Imperial Japan.
The British
India
France
China
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Strange how you always think that wars only start when you decide to turn up.
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Well, how many islands the British take back from Japan? How many KIA did they have? (In truth, the Pacific Fleet the British had was one of the largest the British ever had, but still only had six carriers compared to the US sending 139.)
What did India do in the Pacific? I know about the Gurkhas, and I know they had twice as many KIA at the Brits, but what exactly did they do in the Pacific? (The British had 5k KIA in the Pacific, while India had 9k.)
Did France send any ships or men to fight in the Pacific? They fought in Indochina, only because they were there and Japan attacked, and Indochina was occupied by Japan until the end of the war.
China, by far, took the brunt of Japan in the Pacific. The had more deaths than all countries in the Pacific combined. Yet at the close of WW2, China was still occupied and dominated by Japan.
Of course the Aussies were involved, and I've read about individual ships here and there, but I don't recall any major naval fleet actions or major battles they had.
I don't recall hearing much about Canada in the Pacific; How many air craft carriers did Canada send? Come to think about it, when discussing KIA in the Pacific... Canada doesn't even get mentioned.
New Zealand? Yeah, they dominated the entire war in the Pacific.
You failed to mention Russia - who in good faith at the close of war in Europe started sending it's armies to the Pacific to take on Japan and even had a few battles with them. But Japan was pretty much beaten by then.
Sorry, but the majority of the fighting in the Pacific was done by the US, not the UK, not France.