In fact, the Japanese navy was the best equipped among Japanese forces in WW2. In comparison, the Japanese army was poorly equipped and would have no chance at all against Soviet or US forces. Had they ever fought against Germany, they would be eliminated in no time. The only reason they appeared to be so powerful in China was that the Chinese army was a joke.
看了一大半 E. B. Sledge 的 With the old breed: at Peleliu and Okinawa, The Pacific后半部分讲Sledge的故事都是取材与这本书。 他是一师五团三营K连的 motormen, 并不是冲在最前面的riflemen, 所以看起来死伤不多, 不过书比电视说 的当时的情况残酷多了 日军在没有海空支援,补给, 增援地情况下,能守成这样很不错了, 美军当时对 Peleliu和 Okinawa 两个岛的炮火覆盖是以千吨来计算的,记得有个数据是上岛前,两 三天, peleliu 岛每平方公里受到1200吨各式炸弹的轰炸。。。守Peleliu的关东军14 师团的长官切腹后, 被连升两级的
美军二战死亡一共40万,其中战斗死亡29万非战斗死亡11万。 29万战斗死亡按战场分: U.S. Combat Dead by Theater of war: Europe-Atlantic 183,588; Army ground forces 141,088; United States Army Air Forces 36,461 and Navy/Coast Guard 6,039; Asia-Pacific 108,504; Army ground forces 41,592; United States Army Air Forces 15,694; Navy/Coast Guard 31,485; Marine Corps 19,733. Included in combat deaths are 14,059 POWs, in Europe (1,124) and (12,935) in Asia. 德军的确很厉害。西线盟军那么强的空中优势,德军死亡人数和盟军死亡人数基本持平 。当然德军后来被俘很多。