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We had the ability. We had the resources. We had the bombers.

We could have covered the entire island of Iwo Jima in 3 feet (1meter) of coal and set that motherfucker on fire with the same incendiary bombs that we used to kill 100,000 German men, women and children in Dresden if we wanted to.

We could have baked those Japanese soldiers in their tunnels.

But then... we would have missed that great photo op of those Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi, right? (after 7k were killed)

We had the ability. We had the resources. We had the bombers. We could have covered the entire island of Iwo Jima in 3 feet (1meter) of coal and set that motherfucker on fire with the same incendiary bombs that we used to kill 100,000 German men, women and children in Dresden if we wanted to. We could have baked those Japanese soldiers in their tunnels. But then... we would have missed that great photo op of those Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi, right? (after 7k were killed)

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You might argue that point after Guadalcanal, when US troops fought and beat the japanese infantry. The AVG was the only military force holding the Japanese in china; the brits were on their heels. The war was far from over.