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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 disparity of two years before had been completely reversed.
Experience Level: Uncle Sam sent many of his sons to war with absolute minimums of training. Some fighter pilots entered combat in with less than one hour in their assigned aircraft.
The group never saw a Mustang until shortly before its first combat mission. A high-time P pilot had 30 hours in type. Many had fewer than five hours. Some had one hour. With arrival of new aircraft, many combat units transitioned in combat. The attitude was, "They all have a stick and a throttle. The Group commander, Col.
A future P ace said, "I was sent to England to die. Some fighter pilots tucked their wheels in the well on their first combat mission with one previous flight in the aircraft.
Meanwhile, many bomber crews were still learning their trade: of Jimmy Doolittle's 15 pilots on the April Tokyo raid, only five had won their wings before All but one of the 16 copilots were less than a year out of flight school.. In WWII flying safety took a back seat to combat. The AAF's worst accident rate was recorded by the A Invader version of the P a staggering accidents per , flying hours.
Next worst were the P at , the P at , and the P at All were Allison powered. Bomber wrecks were fewer but more expensive. The B and B averaged 30 and 35 accidents per , flight hours, respectively-- a horrific figure considering that from to the Air Force's major mishap rate was less than 2.
The B was even worse at 40; the world's most sophisticated, most capable and most expensive bomber was too urgently needed to stand down for mere safety reasons.. The AAF set a reasonably high standard for B pilots, but the desired figures were seldom attained. The original cadre of the 58th Bomb Wing was to have hours of multi-engine time, but there were not enough experienced pilots to meet the criterion.
Only ten percent had overseas experience. The B was no better for maintenance. Though the R was known as a complicated, troublesome power-plant, no more than half the mechanics had previous experience with the Duplex Cyclone.
But they made it work. France Forest of Argonne. A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10, and 25, soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Despite their courage, sacrifice and dedication to their country, they returned home to face racism and segregation from their fellow countrymen.
The trenches were notoriously muddy, and the infantry were constantly required to wade through thick layers of the stuff in order to advance to battle. The Lost Battalion on Netflix Fact-based war drama about an American battalion of over men which gets trapped behind enemy lines in the Argonne Forest in October France during the closing weeks of World War I. Charles Whittlesey lawyer Charles Whittlesey October 1, — December 9, was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher who briefly served as the Attorney General of Virginia at the end of Congressional Reconstruction.
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