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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. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
The Japanese military before and during World War II committed numerous atrocities against civilian and military personnel. Its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, prior to a declaration of war and without warning killed 2,403 neutral military personnel and civilians and wounded 1,247 others.
The Japanese losses totaled well over 20,000 men killed, with only 1,083 prisoners taken. [184] It was the only major island battle in the Pacific war where American casualties outnumbered Japanese losses. Historians continue to debate whether Iwo Jima was strategically worth the casualties sustained in capturing it. [185]
American losses were low compared to Japanese casualties; 136 B-29s were downed during the campaign. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ] In Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Kobe, and Kawasaki, "over 126,762 people were killed ... and a million and a half dwellings and over 105 square miles (270 km 2 ) of urban space were destroyed."
The medals awarded for the battle accounted for 28% of the 82 awarded to Marines in World War II. [79] At the time of his death on 29 June 2022, Marine Hershel W. Williams was the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. [80] He received his medal for actions in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. [1]
Japanese Americans from Ohio were taken to concentration camps, [19] including Kooskia in Idaho. [20] German Americans from Ohio were placed in the camps as well, including the Fuhr Family of Cincinnati who were interned at Crystal City. [21] [22] [23] They experienced similar discrimination as in World War One, but not of the previous ...
Category: Japanese casualties of World War II. ... Japanese civilians killed in World War II (24 P) D. Deaths by American airstrikes during the Bombing of Tokyo (7 P) H.