MILITARY HOSTILE NON-HOSTILE ACTION DEATHS WOUNDED DEATHS World War II (1941-45) Total 293,1216 670,846 115,185 European Theater 185,179 498,948 66,805 Pacific Theater 107,903 171,898 48,380 http://www.vfw.org/PR/Media%20Room/AmericasWarDead1775_2009.pdf
日本に対する活動に関する現在の状況が、ノルマンディーに対して提案された作戦に 関連してあった状況とちょうど同一であると、GENERAL MARSHALLは指摘しました。 それから自分の見解の表すものとして、参謀共同で大統領に発表する用意をした メモのダイジェストを、以下のように読み上げました。 GENERAL MARSHALL pointed out that the present situation with respect to operations against Japan was practically identical with the situation which had existed in connection with the operations proposed against Normandy. He then read, as an expression of his views, the following digest of a memorandum prepared by the joint Chiefs of Staff for presentation to the President (J.C.S. 1388): http://www.endusmilitarism.org/WH_meeting_of_061845.html
he was not familiar with the Polish issue (マーシャル元帥は)ポーランド問題には興味が無かった
they hoped for Soviet participation in the war against Japan at a time (米軍は)その当時においてソ連の対日参戦を希望していた
GENERAL MARSHALL said he was not familiar with the Polish issue and its political aspects. He said from the military point of view the situation in Europe was secure but that they hoped for Soviet participation in the war against Japan at a time when it would be useful to us. The Russians had it within their, power to delay their entry into the Far Eastern war until we had done all the dirty work. He said the difficulties with the Russians such as in the case of CROSSWORD usually straightened out. He was inclined to agree with Mr. Stimson that possibility of a break with Russia was very serious.
オスプレイの「B-29 Superfortress Units of the Korean War」には、21,000ソーティーでの損害数は34機。 そのうち戦闘機によるものが16機、対空砲によるものが4機、その他の理由が14機。1000ソーティーあたりの損害率は1未満、って書いてあるんだよね。 念のために書いておくと、朝鮮戦争が行われたのは1950年6月から1953年7月ね。 あ、付け加えておくと、アメリカ軍の「損害」には、帰っては来たものの壊れて使い物にならなくなったのも入ってるんだって。 だから、『これには「帰還はしたけど損傷が酷くて廃棄」というのはカウントされていない。 』(軍事板初心者質問スレまとめ(FAQ)- B-29)っていうのは誤りだよ。
he was not familiar with the Polish issue (マーシャル元帥は)ポーランド問題には興味が無かった
they hoped for Soviet participation in the war against Japan at a time (米軍は)その当時においてソ連の対日参戦を希望していた
GENERAL MARSHALL said he was not familiar with the Polish issue and its political aspects. He said from the military point of view the situation in Europe was secure but that they hoped for Soviet participation in the war against Japan at a time when it would be useful to us. The Russians had it within their, power to delay their entry into the Far Eastern war until we had done all the dirty work. He said the difficulties with the Russians such as in the case of CROSSWORD usually straightened out. He was inclined to agree with Mr. Stimson that possibility of a break with Russia was very serious.
Removing Japan from these lands - which fell primarily to the United States- proved no easy task. Imperial Japanese soldiers surrendered at appallingly low rates. According to some sources, only one to three percent of Japanese forces surrendered throughout the war, and only one third of these troops actually wanted to surrender (the rest were too sick or wounded to commit suicide or continue fighting.) As a result, most estimates suggest that America’s casualty rate in the Pacific theater was about three and a half times larger than in Europe
ハーバード大学卒業、冷戦下にモスクワ大学に留学歴があり、世界史の著作を多数執筆している歴史家 ジョージ・ファイファーは、アメリカ側の沖縄戦書籍としては、最も詳細なものの一つとなる著書Tennozan: The Battle of Okinawa and the Atomic Bombの中で「前年の夏にノルマンディを防御した一部のドイツ軍部隊は、 極めて多い死傷者にも関わらず、持ち堪え、逆襲すら行って、連合軍指揮官に強い感銘を与えた。しかし、 ドイツ軍の兵器の多くは日本軍のものと違って、対抗する連合軍の兵器より優れていた。暗い見通しに関わらず、 優れた戦術と忍耐で戦ったドイツ機甲師団も、沖縄で日本軍が示した離れ業には匹敵できなかった(中略) このような状況にくじけることなく、多くの死傷者が出ると言う悲劇にも耐える事ができたのが日本陸軍だけであったろう。」 とノルマンディー上陸作戦のドイツ軍と沖縄戦の日本陸軍を対比している。 https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%96%E7%B8%84%E6%88%A6
The break-down of German and Italian losses against American, British, and French forces in the war in Europe follows: Battle dead Permanently disabled Captured Total Tunisia 19,600 19,000 130,000 168,600 Sicily 5,000 2,000 7,100 14,100 Italy 86,000 15,000 357,089 458,089 Western Front 263,000 49,000 7,614,794 7,926,794 Total 373,600 85,000 8,108,983 8,567,583 1 Includes 3,404,949 disarmed enemy forces.
The break-down of Japanese losses in the Eastern battlefronts, including China, since Pearl Harbor is as follows: Battle dead Permanently disabled Captured Total Southern Pacific 684,000 69,000 19,806 772,806 Central Pacific 273,000 6,000 17,472 296,472 India-Burma 128,000 38,000 3,097 169,097 China 1,26,000 126,000 1,059 253,059 [sic] [sic] Aleutians 8,000 1,000 30 9,030 Total 1,219,000 240,000 41,464 1,500,464
The break-down of German and Italian losses against American, British, and French forces in the war in Europe follows: Battle dead Permanently disabled Captured Total Tunisia 19,600 19,000 130,000 168,600 Sicily 5,000 2,000 7,100 14,100 Italy 86,000 15,000 357,089 458,089 Western Front 263,000 49,000 7,614,794 7,926,794 Total 373,600 85,000 8,108,983 8,567,583 1 Includes 3,404,949 disarmed enemy forces. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/COS-Biennial/COS-Biennial-3.html
The break-down of Japanese losses in the Eastern battlefronts, including China, since Pearl Harbor is as follows: Battle dead Permanently disabled Captured Total Southern Pacific 684,000 69,000 19,806 772,806 Central Pacific 273,000 6,000 17,472 296,472 India-Burma 128,000 38,000 3,097 169,097 China 1,26,000 126,000 1,059 253,059 [sic] [sic] Aleutians 8,000 1,000 30 9,030 Total 1,219,000 240,000 41,464 1,500,464
こちらは戦後に書かれた手紙だが、そこには「At the time(注:ポツダム会談当時) we were anxious for Russian entry into the Japanese War. Of course we found later that we didn?t need Russia there and the Russians have been a head ache to us ever since.」とある。 ポツダム会談の直前、アメリカは原爆実験に成功していた。だから、もし原爆で日本が降伏すると確信していたなら、 ソ連の参戦など熱望するわけがない。 http://netakirigaryu.blogspot.jp/2010/07/05.html