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＞アメリカは日本の本土に侵攻したら、西部戦線なんかとは比較にならない死者が
＞でるって見積もりだしてたろ。
米軍公刊戦史の記述では268,000とのことだが。
Marshall said the plan for invading Kyushu called for 766,700 men.
Admiral Leahy said the Okinawa casualties (34,000 Army, 7,000 Navy) constituted
about 35 percent of the force. If this yardstick was applied to Kyushu, the casualties
would be numerous indeed (268,000). Admiral King thought the casualty rate
would be somewhere between that on Luzon and that on Okinawa. Admiral
Leahy went on to question the insistence on unconditional surrender, asserting
that lesser terms would still allow our absolute control of Japan. The President
finally accepted General Marshall's views, and the target date for invading
Kyushu was set at November 1.
URLﾘﾝｸ(www.ibiblio.org)
The Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan: A Memoir
Haywood S. Hansell, Jr.Major General, USAF, Retired
Office of Air Force History
United States Air Force
Washington, D.C., 1986
Chapter VI Other Operations