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Originally Posted by Kunikov The number includes POWs who died when in German hands, and those who returned, I count that as a separate category than those lost on the battlefield. It also includes MIAs and other categories, you did not provide enough context. Nor did you quote the enemy's losses for a juxtaposition between the two.
Here is a breakdown, past what Krivosheev gives:
The following are recognized as military deaths including POWs, also including NKVD frontier forces:
8.668 million minimum.
- 5.227 million killed in action
- 1.103 million died of wounds
- 0.556 million nonbattle deaths of which 267,000 disease, 289,000 accidents and executions
= 6.886 million
- 3.396 million missing in action
- 1.163 million unaccounted losses in first six months
= 11.444 million
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- 0.940 million reconscripted from liberated territories, escaped from encirclement (okruzhentsy)
- 1.836 million POWs returned at end of war
= 2.776 million missing in action refound
= 8.668 million absolute fatal losses |
Pure BS ... dream on and smoke more crack. On the other hand, in "reparations discussions", the Sovs liked to use the figure of 20% or 40 million. Where do you get these mythical numbers...from official Sov stats? Jesus H. Christ, these stats deny almost the entire bulk of western literature on the subject. Stalin arbitrarily set numbers. But that is typical for you and your whole approach to academia -- a trust of Russia. I can only laugh. But, just for your info, I can only write (once again): We defeated you in WWI, the snow and Anglo-Saxons got in the way during WWII, but WWIII is an open question.