Zarquon Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 The Gamespot Review of CMBB says: Around 40 million men and women were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner in the conflict--and that's just the military personnel. Someone got the numbers wrong here, I think. I haven't got any reliable data at hand (and a quick google search isn't useful to provide *reliable* numbers on this), but I remember something about 20,000,000 killed in the USSR - including civilians. Not that it mattered much regarding CM, but anyone writing about the war should better get this right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 I suppose the figure Gamespot quoted was meant to include German losses. It's still high though if it is confined to only military losses. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Glantz gives some figures in the conclusion of "When Titans Clashed". German military losses, in the east, to 30 April 1945: 10,758,000 killed, wounded enough to be considered a loss, or captured. Table A, "Red Army Personnel Losses, 22 June 1941-9 May 1945", gives Soviet military casualties as at least 29,629,205 (! presumably working form official records), including serious-enough wounds to consider losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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