I still think the Okinawa # of dead is higher. Need to include the 100,000+ civilian dead also to expand the scope of the carnage.

But it is like comparing apples and oranges to compare the Japanese with anybody. They entered combat arenas in the Pacific NOT EXPECTING TO LIVE.

Casualty figures like those are what help those who delve casually into segments of WWII to realize that any invasion would have been unreal.

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