Answer to Question #309456 in History for Kelsey Jand

Question

The term casualty includes both death and injury, but this film will focus on deaths.

3. Where did most US deaths occur? 

4. When did American deaths increase drastically?

Context Video Link: http://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/2016/01/human-cost-of-world-war-ii-great-clip.html

Answer 1

3.It is estimated that the US lost more than 400,000 soldiers during the second world war. Mostly they suffered from European Theatre while fighting the Nazists and the Pacific Theatre while fighting the Japanese.

4.The American deaths increased drastically at Pearl Harbor when the Allies invaded them and killed more than 12,500 soldiers in a fight that lasted for 82days.