[laplata]

American casualties:

Personnel:
14,009 dead[5] to 20,195 dead[6][7][8]

12,520 killed in action[9]
38,000 wounded[10] to 55,162 wounded[6][7][11]
Materiel:
221 Tanks destroyed[12]
12 destroyers sunk
15 amphibious ships sunk
9 other ships sunk
386 ships damaged
763[13]–768[14] aircraft
Empire of Japan Japanese
Personnel:
From 77,166 killed[15] to 110,000 killed (US estimate)[16]
More than 7,000 captured[16]
Materiel:
1 battleship sunk
1 light cruiser sunk
5 destroyers sunk
9 other warships sunk
1,430 aircraft lost[17]
27 tanks destroyed
743–1,712 artillery pieces, anti-tank guns, and anti-aircraft guns[18]

[BushCountry]

Hundreds of Japanese women and school children leapt to their deaths at a suicide cliff there.