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It accounted for the majority of civilian and military casualties in the Pacific War, with between 10 and 25 million Chinese civilians and over 4 million Chinese and Japanese military personnel missing or dying from war-related violence, famine, and other causes. [citation needed] The war has been called "the Asian holocaust". [6] [7] [8]
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [343] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [344]
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, [4] and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
Deaths by American airstrikes during the Bombing of Tokyo ... 73 P) M. Japanese military personnel killed in World War II (3 C, 32 P) ... Japanese casualties of World ...
Eventually 33,000 Japanese American men and many Japanese American women served in the U.S. military during World War II, of which 20,000 served in the U.S. Army. [178] [179] The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was composed primarily of Japanese Americans, served with uncommon distinction in the European Theatre of World War II.
Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-100146-1. Grayling, A. C. (2007). Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan. New York: Walker Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 978-0-8027-1565-4. Greer, Ron (2005). Fire from the Sky: A Diary Over Japan. Jacksonville ...
Japanese Army and Navy personnel killed by enemy action during the Second World War, (1937-1945) Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Japanese military personnel killed in World War II (3 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Japanese military personnel killed in action" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.