Searaven S. Related Content. Document Type. Monograph-Research Report Infographic-graphics-banners Publication. World War II Navy Communities. File Formats. Location of Archival Materials. Author Name. Place of Event.
Recipient Name. World War II Casualties. Lists of casualties are also included in two publications which may be located at a large university or depository libraries in your area or through interlibrary loan channels: US Navy.
Place of action KIA Wounded, died later Died, POW Invalided, from service North African landings Navy 17 0 80 Marine 3 1 0 1 Sicilian landings Navy 24 0 33 Marine 1 0 0 1 Italian landings Navy 31 1 74 Marine 0 0 0 0 Landings in Southern France Navy 36 8 0 20 Marine 0 0 0 0 Invasion of France Navy 32 2 Marine 0 0 0 0 Atlantic or Caribbean area unspecified Navy 14 0 79 Marine 1 0 0 1 Attack on Pearl Harbor Navy 17 2 41 Marine 99 2 0 6 Fall of the Philippines Navy 2 3 Marine 89 0 1 Netherlands, East Indies engagement Navy 12 94 7 Marine 36 0 7 0 Pacific raids Navy 40 0 4 2 Marine 0 1 0 0 Battle of Coral Sea Navy 6 1 11 Marine 19 2 0 0 Battle of Midway Navy 8 1 15 Marine 39 1 0 1 Guadalcanal, Tulagi landings Navy 20 2 85 Marine 77 12 Battle of Savo Island Navy 11 0 51 Marine 33 0 0 2 Battle of Eastern Solomons Navy 85 4 0 4 Marine 0 1 0 1 Battle of Cape Esperance Navy 1 0 5 Marine 7 0 0 1 Battle of Santa Cruz Islands Navy 5 0 16 Marine 12 3 0 0 Battle of Guadalcanal Navy 20 2 62 Marine 10 1 0 8 Battle of Tassafaronga Navy 8 0 8 Marine 0 0 0 0 Capture of remaining Solomons Navy 56 0 Marine 68 26 Battle of Tarawa Navy 3 0 23 Marine 34 0 Battle of Cape Gloucester Navy 9 0 20 Marine 33 2 Current estimates place military deaths between 21 million and By comparison, civilian deaths include 29 million to Dutch East Indies Indonesia — 3 million to 4 million.
French Indochina Laos , Cambodia , part of Vietnam — 1 million to 2. As many as 27 million Soviets lost their lives, with as many as Those totals do not include the more than 14 million Soviet soldiers who were wounded during the war.
Among the Soviet Union's 15 republics , Russia withstood the highest number of casualties, with 6,, military deaths and 7,, civilian deaths. Ukraine tallied the second-highest casualties, with 1,, military deaths and 5,, civilian deaths. The Japanese, meanwhile, were also suffering major losses, and were running low on supplies—namely, weapons and food. Just four days into the fighting, U. That image was captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the iconic photograph.
Battles raged on in the northern part of Iwo Jima for four weeks, with Kuribayashi essentially setting up a garrison in the mountains in that part of the island. The American forces sustained a number of casualties, but ultimately quelled the attack.
Dozens of Americans were killed during this process. In the end, neither the U. Army nor the U. Navy Seabees, or construction battalions, did rebuild the airfields for Air Force pilots to use in case of emergency landings. Because of the brutality of the fighting, and the fact that the battle occurred fairly close to the end of World War II, Iwo Jima—and those who lost their lives trying to capture the island—retain a great deal of significance even today, decades after the fighting stopped.
In , the U. The first depicts the battle from the American perspective, while the latter shows it from the Japanese perspective. Brimelow, B. Naval History and Heritage Command. Gerow, A.
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By the time they splashed their way onto its southeastern beach on February 19, , many of the U.
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