# If there is "fierce resistance", why are there no allied casualties?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-fierce-resistance-why-are-there-no-allied-casualties/163369 "2003-03-22T15:03:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-fierce-resistance-why-are-there-no-allied-casualties/163369/21 "2003-03-24T11:17:13Z")

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> \*Originally posted by occ \*  
> \*\*Slight hijack: why is urban (and similar) fighting being called “hand-to-hand”? I always thought hand-to-hand literally meant “with hand-wielded striking weapons”, like bayonets and whatnot. \*\*

Your thought is correct - if anyone is using “hand to hand” to describe the intensity of the combat, rather than the type, they’re wrong.

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