Did the United States actually implement a "Europe First" strategy considering that 70% of its Navy and 22% of its Army was deployed to the Pacific?

by J2quared

Seems like the US equally waged war on both Fronts.

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Surprised no one answered /u/J2quared here.

The majority of the Navy was in the Pacific because the Pacific is mostly ocean. The Navy wouldn't be able to march on Berlin, but it certainly was capable of bombarding the Japanese shore in 1945.

Next, the Navy and Army weren't equal in size. This breaks down how many men served in each branch by year:

Year Army Navy Marines
1942 3,075,608 640,570 142,613
1943 6,994,472 1,741,750 308,523
1944 7,994,750 2,981,365 475,604
1945 8,267,958 3,380,817 474,680

22% of the Army in 1943 was 1.54 million people - almost as many as the ENTIRE Navy in that same year.