307 american casualties were in the battle of midway.
how many american casualties in the battle of midway?
307
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bullet::::- in a conference with president truman on june 18, marshall, taking the battle of luzon as the best model for olympic, thought the americans would suffer 31,000 casualties in the first 30 days and ultimately 20% of japanese casualties, which he estimated would include the entire japanese force. this implied a total of 70,000 american casualties in the battle of kyushu using the june projection of 350,000 japanese defenders (or 183,365 american casualties when the actual japanese strength of 916,828 is taken into account). admiral leahy, more impressed by the battle of okinawa, thought the american forces would suffer a 35% casualty rate (implying an ultimate toll of 268,000). admiral king thought that casualties in the first 30 days would fall between luzon and okinawa, i.e., between 31,000 and 41,000. of these estimates, only nimitz's included losses of the forces at sea, though kamikazes had inflicted 1.78 fatalities and a similar number of wounded per kamikaze pilot in the battle of okinawa, and troop transports off kyūshū would have been much more exposed.
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