There were
quite a few differences between the fighting in the European and Pacific theaters. First, there
were issues of diplomacy. Stalin kept asking the other Allies to open a Western front against
the Nazis, and he was disappointed that this did not happen until June 1944. The fighting in
the Pacific was largely carried out by the American forces with British support. This is one
major reason why the Soviet Union was left out of rebuilding Asia after the war.
Next, there were differences in terrain. The war in Europe was largely a land war,
with the exception of submarine warfare in the Mediterranean and around the British Isles. This
meant that supply lines had to be secured before advancingthis was true for both the Axis and
Allied Powers. There were also issues of climate, as the German army learned amidst
catastrophic circumstances during its ill-fated Soviet winter campaigns. The war in the Pacific
was largely fought over water with key islands such as...
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