THE FORCES' LOSSES
DETAILS GIVEN IN DIET
LONDON, September 5. Some details of Japan's losses in the war were given today in the Japanese Parliament. It was stated that the number of men in the army and navy who were killed was 510,000. Of the. total .of 1217 warships, 684 were sunk jor damaged, and a% the time of the surrender the Japanese navy had not I a single battleship which was seaworthy. The Japanese also lost 51,109 aircraft during the war, and at present I has 15,886.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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