When it comes to ww11, everybody remembers normandy, which, besides a few mistakes made was quite su

put the least popular was the pacific theater, iwo jima, guadalcanal, saipan, wake island, etc in which the MARINE CORPS covered most of that besides a few army units. my point is, the european theater is more recognized then the pacific theater of operation but in all actuality the marines done their job with less mistakes then the army made, which is expected. so my question is, why is the european front more glamorized then the pacific theater. and by the way, ww11 was a REAL war, iraq is just mass confusion

When it comes to ww11, everybody remembers normandy, which, besides a few mistakes made was quite successful..imax theatre

The European war was bigger in scale as far as nations and people involved. Additionally, the majority of the island campaigns in the Pacific invlolved just that-islands where there was no happy populace to great the conquering liberators with flowers and kisses.

The Pacific battles were mini battles when compared to the European battles whose engagements consisted of tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of men and thousands of tanks and artillery pieces.

I would not say the Marines committed less mistakes than the Army. After all in the European war the US Army WON every battle they were in despite being opposed by an enemy armed with some of the best trained and equipped soldiers.

When it comes to ww11, everybody remembers normandy, which, besides a few mistakes made was quite successful..performing show opera theater

excuse me, the marines did what in Nomandy, it was the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiments that liberated Normandy, get your history straight!!!
The reason for D-days fame is the sheer scale of the invasion dwarfed any marine operation in WW2. The only invasion that would be bigger is the invasion of japan itself thankfully that blood bath never took place. The other reason the European theater is more famous is that the Germans fielded a tech heavy army while the Japanese army was just fanatical. Example would be tanks the Germans had awesome tanks the Japanese had obsolete tankettes and a light tank was as big as it got. There weapons were crap there artillery was crap in short they had guts and little else.
Nobody's really answering your question, but i would venture to say that it boils down to a racial thing...the european war was more 'glamourous' (if i could humanize a thing like war.) The british, Australians, New Zealanders were probably the only countries interested in the direct outcome of the pacific theater, along with the US. I thought the glamour of kamikazes rivaled that of waffen SS divisions on the eastern front, but that's just me.
You can't just say that mistakes were made without mentioning what was a mistake. Good planing and execution to one is a mistake to another.

Your statement, "plus a FEW army units" needs some work done on it. In many cases, there were far more army personel that marines is some of the attacks, of course the marines had their press agents and photographers right with them all the time.

Again, the marines made less mistakes WHICH WAS EXPECTED. Expected by who ? You're just assuming that the marines were better that the army. That is your privilage, but not true. Training was equal to both units. I was at Pearl Harbor Dec.7th, came back, got a commission, and did the entire European war in the army infantry.

Do you think that I would have been a better fighter had I joined the marines instead ? Come on, grow up.

Why was the European front more glamorized ? I'm not sure it was. There sure are a lot of movies and news clips about the navy and air force in the Pacific. Of course it doesn't bother me a bit since I served in both theatres in action.
I think your perceptions are wrong
Gee... if one were to look at Hollywood over the last decade, the Pacific Theater has received equal attention:

"Flags of Our Fathers", "Windtalkers" "The Thin Red Line", and "Pearl Harbor".

"Saving Private Ryan". HBO's "Band of Brothers", "U-571", and "Enemy at the Gates" (Russian Theater).

Simply put, the Pacific Theater was primarily a Navy/ Marine Corps Theater... sure, there was the Army Air-Force and Army units invading Guadalcanal and the Philippines. In Europe, the Marine Corps involvment was aboard ship as gunners.

I think your TRUE whining-rant is a matter of Marine Corps Pride... whether you served or not is immaterial.

Less mistakes on the Marines part ?? Gee, Tarawa was a ROUSING success !!
The Marines had long experience with amphib landings , the army did not .

Yeah , Europe got all the press .