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This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Prior to the departure of the crack Japanese naval air units in China for the Pacific War in mid-late 1941, the new successor to the G3M bomber, the Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" and the Aichi D3A dive-bomber were operationally tested in the bombing of Chongqing, followed by newer designs such as the Mitsubishi Ki-67 "Peggy", Nakajima Ki-49 "Helen ...
Chinese casualties of World War II (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Chinese war casualties" This category contains only the following page.
Between 1942 and 1945, there were four main areas of conflict in the Pacific War: China, the Central Pacific, South-East Asia and the South West Pacific. US sources refer to two theaters within the Pacific War: the Pacific theater and the China Burma India Theater (CBI). However, these were not operational commands.
World War II: 196 Attack on Mers-el-Kébir: 1940 World War II: 1,669 Operation Juno: 1940 World War II: 1,662 Last battle of Bismarck: 1941 World War II: 2,249 Battle of Cape Matapan: 1941 World War II: 2,303 Battle of Cape Bon: 1941 World War II: 817 Battle of the Java Sea: 1942 World War II: 2,336 Battle of Midway: 1942 World War II: 3,364 ...
A military history of China (University Press of Kentucky, 2012). Li, Xiaobing, ed. China at War: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2012. online; Liu, Frederick Fu. A Military History of Modern China, 1924–1949 (1972). Mitter, Rana. "Old ghosts, new memories: China's changing war history in the era of post-Mao politics."
1941-12-07 Japan declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom; 1941-12-08 The United States and the United Kingdom declare war on Japan; 1941-12-08 – 1941-12-25 Battle of Hong Kong; 1941-12-08 – 1942-01-31 Malayan Campaign; 1941-12-10 Sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse; 1941-12-11 – 1941-12-24 Battle of Wake Island
A western source recorded 20,900 Japanese casualties and about 20,000 collaborator casualties. [ 4 ] The Chinese also recorded 474 km of railway and 1502 km of road sabotaged, 213 bridges and 11 tunnels blown up, and 37 stations destroyed, but Japanese records give 73 bridges, 3 tunnels, and 5 water towers blown up; 20 stations burned, and 117 ...