Capt Caveman, in a real war, a wounded soldier is worth twice as much as a dead one. Wounded soldiers have to be cared for, and their screams of pain are demoralizing to their fellow unit members. It's basic Clauswitzian theory, dead soldiers return resources to the battlegroup (ammunition, guns, supplies, etc..), wounded soldiers use up resources. War is merely a battle of attrition, the side that can provide the most resources (of all kinds), wins. Allied losses early in the war were much higher than Axis losses, but the Allies could afford to pour more resources into the war than the Axis could. They had the manpower and manufacturing might to run Germany (and Japan) out of men, fuel, weapons and supplies therefore, the Allies won.
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August 19, 1942
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