I am not so daft as to believe in the swill that Hollywood spews. And I know who Errol Flynn is .... Bruce Willis or Arnie had nothing to do in the Pacific .... it was the Duke in the Sands of Iwo Jima all the way!!!
Amazingly enough he came back a few years later and took Vietnam all by himself in the Green Baretts (we won that right? heheh)
I'll have to go with Grungi on the Pacific, I am not as up on that theatre as I am Fortress Europe. As far as I know, since Brittain was mostly tied down on the home front, their garrisons were mostly just holding what they had, not pushing the Japanese back. I know Brittain and Australia did contribute ships but their biggest contribution was providing support and ports for the US forces.
Don't forget that not all Japanese forces were defeated, just key points to weaken the Emperor's will to wage war. The pacific would have neen a dismal failure, or at least a MUCH higher body count, had they tried to engage all Japanese forces.