The claim that only the US Navy fought Japan is rejected by naming the Royal Navy and Australian forces. Australian effort receives particular emphasis, with effective use of Matilda tanks as a concrete example. That example broadens the frame beyond American fleet actions to the wider Allied war against Japan. It also warns against national narratives that reduce a coalition war to a single service or country.
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The Allied war against Japan extended beyond the US Navy
Australian forces, the Royal Navy, and other Allies disappear when the war against Japan is reduced to an American-only story.