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bigtroutz -> Re: True or false (8/23/2002 11:10:37 PM)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Hussar
[B]True or false?
1. American forces were engaged in hostilities against Japanese forces in the Pacific theatre before the British forces engaged he Japanese?
2. British XIV Army killed, wounded or captured more Japanese than were inflicted by the entire US Forces in the Pacific theatre?
(I hope that these do not generate too much Flak..I'm all for a quiet life) [/B][/QUOTE]
1) debatable (pearl harbor dec 7, 1941)
vs. (malaya (dec 7, 1941)
The attack began at Pearl Harbor, though some historians say that a force struck a British installation on the Malay peninsula a few hours before.
another source says:
attack on malaya started at 7:30 am on Dec. 7, 25 minutes before 1st wave at PH at 7:55
2) false
theatre japanese combined kia:
south asia = 200,000
pacific = 700,000
source: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/ww2-loss.htm
even if the numbers were close, the numbers are confounded by losses due to concurrent operations by allies, etc (China, India, USA, Anzac, Disease) in the South Asian theatre.
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