Who had it worst in WW2?

>>34280104
Old Breed.
>Malaria, an enemy that didn't take prisoners and would fight to the death, living in a swamp.

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>>34280217
Yep that's a strong point, nice place to die.

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>>34280104
old breed

>>34280104
the 101st was autistically trained for years before they finally jumped with the best gear and mission specific training. 1st Marines were just thrown into it with springfield's to make do. That said the 101st pulled of crazy individual stunts against the odds but they weren't as bogged down and miserable as the marines

Old Breed. I fucking love the 101it's exploits during the Second Dubya.

But the Old Breed definitely had it worst. They went through fucking hell, man.

>>34280104

>18 year olds with bolt action rifles thrown in against a Japanese force with momentum in a swamp island
>their supply ship gets destroyed before they can offload half of their shit
>fighting in the jungle with CONSTANT bombardment of the japs
>malaria
>Japanese warfare of no surrender and no prisoners taken

against

>last year of the European theater
>the Russians already claimed the war
>sent in a spot where the Germans arent even present
>the real fighting occurs at different beaches
>the real soldiers are dying in the Eastern front
>still manage to fuck up against the last ditch effort to turn the tide, which fails because the Germans LITERALLY run out of fuel

If Guadalcanal falls, so does Australia, which in effect means that the US loses its hold on the Pacific until years later. The Marines won the war in Guadalcanal.

The paratroopers of the 101st had 0 impact on the outcome of the war in Europe. The only thing of note was Bastogne, which again, was mostly due to the weather and lack of German supplies, not due to some "BAND OF HEROES" bullshit.

>>34280104
Old breed. I even heard (don't know if it's just the old breed, or some other unit or a multitude of units) that at one point they had no water. Finally when water did come it came in empty oil drums that weren't scrubbed or cleaned out and they all got horribly sick from the water/oil mixture but they had no other choice than to drink it.

I'd take being cold and hungry while getting bombarded with German artillery constantly than that shit.