Human Costs of World War Term Paper

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Note that the figure given in the above source corresponds with the figure of Russian military dead in Table one, which further adds validity to that table.

With regard to Germany, there are a number of disparate figures and tables. The figures given from intensive research of actual wartime and administrative documents are as follows:

Total Wehrmacht Losses, September 1, 1939-January 31, 1945: Eastern Front 1,105,987

Scandinavia 16,639 - Southwest 50,481 Southeast 19,235 - West 107,042 - Navy 48,904 - Air Forces 138,596. Total Wehrmacht 1,810,061 in the West Since D-Day (June 6, 1944), German Armed Forces Lost: Army 66,321 Air Force 11,066 Additional Total Deaths 2,001,399.

Using these monthly rates, the total Wehrmacht toll reached 2,150,000, of which 1,960,000 were killed in action.

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The German army, all through the war, maintained a monthly report of estimates of personnel and materiel. This report was compiled by the Wehrmacht historian, Major Percy Schramm, at army headquarters from data submitted by the various components of the major service branches and marked "Secret Command Matter." After 1944, copies were issued on a strict need-to-know basis and very few officers were privy to its contents. Since the account for April 1945 no longer reached Wehrmacht headquarters due to the destruction in Berlin and the severed communication links, the statistics cited are taken from the March 14, 1945, report.

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It had a closing date of January 31 and represents the final, officially prepared manpower picture of the Wehrmacht (Historical Division, 1945- 1952, 1).

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Making a final and definitive assessment of the casualties during World War II is an impossibility given the complexity of the task and with the limited information at hand. One would have to undertake intensive research which would include calculating the distinctions and similarities between the figures; as well as a thorough evaluation of their sources. From the information that can be gleaned from the Internet as well as offline sources, it seems that Table 1 above is probably the most correct as it many of the other tables and lists available and also has credible source information.

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