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BTW - in most of American-Japanese battles, the ratio of dead Japanese to dead Americans was like 10 to 1, in some cases even 20 to 1.
The Japanese were suffering enormously higher KIA than Americans, but they usually had no wounded because they fought until death.
In total 54,858 US Army & USMC soldiers died in ground battles against Japan. And further 7,189 U.S. POWs died in Japanese captivity.
That figure is only for ground battles, and it does not include USAAF airmen or US Navy sailors who died in air and sea warfare vs. Japan.
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Some examples of mortal casualties ratios in Japan vs. USA ground battles:
1. Kwajalein - 7870 Japanese dead vs. 372 American dead (ratio 21:1)
2. Okinawa - 110,071 Japanese dead* vs. 7613 American dead (ratio 14:1)
3. Biak - 6100 Japanese dead vs. 474 American dead (ratio 13:1)
4. Admiralty Islands - 3280 Japanese dead vs. 330 American dead (ratio 10:1)
5. Eniwetok - 2677 Japanese dead vs. 339 American dead (ratio 8:1)
6. Peleliu - 10500 Japanese dead vs. 1800 American dead (ratio 6:1)
7. Tarawa - 2483 Japanese dead vs. 1115 American dead (ratio 2:1)
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*The Okinawa figure of 110,071 dead Japanese is based on American body count carried out after the battle (USAFWESPAC G-2 Periodic Report No. 15, 26 November-2 December 1945). But the Japanese 10th Army which defended Okinawa had only 77,199 soldiers before the battle. And 10,000 survived the battle (this is the number of Japanese prisoners of war who surrendered to Americans by the end of the battle). So it is possible that the American body count counted more bodies than existed.
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