Russian and Japanese losses, summer 1945?

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Tue Oct 29, 2002 10:51 am

Does anyone have accurate casualty figures in men and material during the Russian Manchurian offensive. We all know that the ill-prepared Japanese were rolled back into the ocean with relative ease. Interestingly I have never seen anything on russian losses in August of '45. Surely there must have been some!

Also, does anyone know of net resources containing first hand accounts of this campaign?

Did Germany supply any expertise or equipment on how to best defend against the Russians?

Vince

Juha Hujanen · Post by **Juha Hujanen** » Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:59 am

Russian sources from communist era are heavily affected by propaganda and must be examined carefully.According to them,SU lost 8219 men KIA and 22264 WIA.Russian military magazine 7/1975 claims total 32000 men casualties.They fired 361079 artillery shells and 1,023 million small arms rounds.
SU sources claims 84000 Japanese KIA and 594000 POW.Unofficial Japanese sources claims 21000 Japanese KIA.

Source World War II by Eddy Bauer.

Chears Juha

Gewitter · Post by **Gewitter** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:10 am

Those numbers seem quite high...but that is just me