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RT Matt Bracken (@Matt_Bracken48)I make these maps because I'm convinced most Americans have no concept of scale when it comes to warfare. 🧵I point to all the folks high-fiving over a single Marine battalion landing team on its way to the conflict zone. An Amphibious Ready Group's BLT means about 1,200 combat Marines going ashore.By comparison, and please look at the chart and the islands, Okinawa took 4 Army and 3 Marine divisions 82 days to conquer, at the cost of 12,500 American KIA and 36,000 WIA. Okina ...