MILITARY HOSTILE NON-HOSTILE ACTION DEATHS WOUNDED DEATHS World War II (1941-45) Total 293,121 670,846 115,185 European Theater 185,179 498,948 66,805 Pacific Theater 107,903 171,898 48,380 Korean War (1950-53) 33,741 103,284 2,827 Vietnam War (1961-73) 47,415 153,303 10,789 Iraq War (2003-09) 3,444 31,342 857 http://www.vfw.org/PR/Media%20Room/AmericasWarDead1775_2009.pdf
負傷者と死者の比率を比べてみれば、兵士にとって過酷な戦場はどこなのかは自明であろう。
MILITARY HOSTILE NON-HOSTILE ACTION DEATHS WOUNDED DEATHS Iraq War (2003-09) 3,444 31,342 857
Aircraft production of all types, including training planes, was stepped up from 700 planes per month in the summer of 1942 to 2,572 planes in September 1944. Aircraft engine production was not only increased correspondingly in numbers, but average horsepower was doubled. http://www.anesi.com/ussbs01.htm
MILITARY HOSTILE NON-HOSTILE ACTION DEATHS WOUNDED DEATHS World War II (1941-45) Total 293,121 670,846 115,185 European Theater 185,179 498,948 66,805 Pacific Theater 107,903 171,898 48,380 Korean War (1950-53) 33,739 103,284 2,835 Vietnam War (1961-73) 47,434 153,303 10,786 Iraq War (2001-2016) 3,519 32,246 965 http://www.tavvntc.org/cost.htm
The Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate (キ84 疾風"Gale"?) was a single-seat fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was "Frank"; the Japanese Army designation was Army Type 4 Fighter (四式戦闘機 yon-shiki-sent?-ki?). Featuring excellent performance and high maneuverability, the Ki-84 was considered to be the best Japanese fighter to see large scale operations during World War II.[2] It was able to match any Allied fighter, and was able intercept the high-flying B-29 Superfortresses.[3] Its powerful armament (that could include two 30 mm and two 20 mm cannon) increased its lethality.[4] Though hampered by poor production quality in later models, a high-maintenance Nakajima Homare engine, landing gear prone to buckle,[3] inconsistent fuel quality, and a lack of experienced pilots above all else, Hayates proved to be fearsome opponents; a total of 3,514 were built.[2] The Ki-84 was the fastest fighter in the Imperial Japanese military if good fuel was used and the aircraft was in good shape
The first major operational involvement was during the battle of Leyte at the end of 1944, and from that moment until the end of the Pacific war the Ki-84 was deployed wherever the action was intense.[8] The 22nd Sentai re-equipped with production Hayates. Though it lacked sufficient high-altitude performance, it performed well at medium and low levels. Seeing action against the USAAF 14th Air Force, it quickly gained a reputation as a fighter to be reckoned with. Fighter-bomber models also entered service. On April 15, 1945, 11 Hayates attacked US airfields on Okinawa, destroying many aircraft on the ground.
The IJAAF's Ki-84, Kawasaki Heavy Industries' Ki-100, and the Kawanishi Aircraft Company's N1K2-J IJNAF naval fighter were the three Japanese fighters best suited to combat the newer Allied fighters. 0246名無しさん@お腹いっぱい。2017/04/17(月) 16:26:55.72ID:wEyTrcGm>>1 日米英独の航空機生産機数(戦闘機、爆撃機、偵察機、練習機、輸送機、飛行艇、グライダー、特攻機ほか) 戦後の「米国戦略爆撃調査団報告」より
The impact of ICHIGO on Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) government vas even more severe. KMT and provincial armies totaling 750, 000 men had been either destroyed, rendered combat ineffective, or simply melted avay, 2 vhlile Mao Tse-tung's Communist army continued to grov in strength and popularity. The KMT emerged from the ICHIGO disaster mortally veakened, thereby making unattainable one of America's primary objectives of the Pacific War, a strong, united and democratic postvar China.
General Joseph Stilwell was relieved in Oct 1944 by Franklin Roosevelt after Chiang Kaishek's complaints that the burden of the losses during Ichigo fell on Stilwell's shoulders. Stilwell's role of Chief of Staff and Commander of the US Forces, China Theater (USFCT) was replaced by Major General Albert Wedemeyer; his other command responsibilities in the China-Burma-India Theater were divided up and allocated to other officers.