And as kermitology has said, The Pacific campaign was a little more involved than WWI style trench warfare. Not to mention facing an enemy who would rather kill themselves than accept defeat. There were times when allied forces would land on an island with little to no resistance, but then fight more inland later. And there were instances where a fierce defense was put up by the Japanese. This campaign was no cakewalk for either side, but effectively, by the time nuclear weapons were used, the Us had already severely disabled the Japanese ability in the pacific by basically wiping out their carrier/naval forces.
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