The Army fought in Texas, the Marines fought in the States!

2015-04-07T15:53:28-04:00

It was another post that picked my curiosity.
The post was about why didn't the Marines took part in the Normandy Landings.

The answers and reasons were all accurate, chief among them, the MArines were spread thin fighting the Pacific War.

And so this past weekend while visiting a WWII Aviation Museum, they showed us two sobering size comparison maps to illustrate the vast size of area that either branch was fighting in.

It all boiled down to the Army was fighting roughly in the State of Texas, while the Marines where fighting in what could have been the USA.

According to National WWII Museum, by the time Normandy took place, the Army had roughly 7.9 million soldiers versus only 475,000 Marines, yet the Marines had almost 11 times more area to cover, move around and fight in than the Army.

Very sobering.

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/ww2-by-the-numbers/us-military.html

The National WWII Museum | New Orleans: Learn: For Students: WWII by the Numbers: US Military

The National WWII Museum has compiled the statistics on how many soldiers there were fighting.

Response by SGT Corey Franks made Apr 7 at 2015 4:09 PM

2015-04-07T16:09:17-04:00

Interesting read and cool pictures. Texas is huge!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 7 at 2015 5:01 PM

2015-04-07T17:01:48-04:00

Why the small sections, what about Africa, and the Italian campaigns.

And who led the Marines, right the Army. (Gen McArthur) And even at that most of the engagements were decided by the Navy, ground troops were just the mop up operations once Japan lost their carrier aircraft.

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Sep 11 at 2015 6:24 PM

2015-09-11T18:24:29-04:00

Great point except...the Army was also in the Pacific.