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In World War II the ratio of American casualties in ground combat was ca 4 wounded to 1 killed, with missing accounting for only a few %. In naval & aerial combat however, the ratios tended to run closer to 1 wounded to 1 killed. The number of missing was more substantial but more of the missing ended up as presumed dead.
— Jan 11, 2019 01:10PM
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(Pre)War Plan Orange nailed the 3 phases of the real Pacific: Japanese seizure of a perimeter answered by U.S. island-hopping incombination with naval blockade. An invasion was too costly on 'alternatingly steep & soaked geography' of the Home Islands, unless to install democracy & only àfter aerial destruction of Japan's industry by B-29's woth M-69 (napalm) , concentrated in those fireprone cities ....
— Feb 20, 2019 01:49AM
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Stalin presumably sought to prevent Japan from restraining his postwar Far East ambitions & foreclose the chance that Japan might capitaculate before he obtained the spoils promised at Yalta. Jettisoning unconditional surrender thus wouldn't be viewed benignly.
Ambitions indeed! Complete with a planned occupation of Hokkaido!
— Jan 13, 2019 01:24PM
Ambitions indeed! Complete with a planned occupation of Hokkaido!
