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

[SenorBeef]

*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.