Analysis
The uncritical view that "Europe First" dictated the allocation of resources has caused many scholars to underestimate the American commitment to the war in the Pacific and the resources required to defeat Japan. For example, historian H. P. Willmott stated that the United States "allocated little more than one-quarter of her total war effort to the struggle against Japan." That is an underestimate. According to official U.S. statistics, 70 percent of the U.S. Navy and all the Marine Corps were deployed in the Pacific. Of 7.3 million U.S. army and air force personnel deployed abroad, 2.7 million or 37 percent were deployed to the Pacific.
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