Sign Up Now
Get instant access to over 1 million+ study documents
OR
Already registered? click here to login
By creating your account, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and student honor code.
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.
Sorge 62)
The following extract shows the detailed way in which this information was gathered.
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. It had a closing date of January 31 and represents the final, officially prepared manpower picture of the Wehrmacht (Historical Division, 1945- 1952, 1).
Sorge 61)
Assessment
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.
Bibliography www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24355091
Chambers, John Whiteclay and David Culbert, eds. World War II, Film, and History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24132278
Divine, Robert a., ed. Causes and Consequences of World War II. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1969.
Gregorovich a.
World War II in Ukraine. Accessed November 15, 2004. http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-29.html www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=37750012
Lee, Loyd E. And Robin...
World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=27558710
Lee, Loyd E., ed. World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26184632
Sorge, Martin K. The Other Price of Hitler's War: German Military and Civilian Losses Resulting from World War II. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Stokes, P. The Second World War: 1939-1945. Accessed November 15, 2004. http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/casualty.html
World War 2 Death Count. Accessed November 16, 2004. http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Addendum
Table 2.
Country
Military
Civilian
Deaths
USSR
China
Germany
Poland
Japan
Yugoslavia
Rumania
France
Hungary
Austria
Greece
United States
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Finland
Canada
India
Australia
Albania
Spain
Bulgaria
New Zealand
Norway
South Africa
Luxembourg
Denmark
Source: http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Source: http://www.erols.com/mwhite28/war-list.htm
1). Alan Bullock - Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives pp987
(2). The Times Atlas of the Second World War pp204,205
(3). Richard Overy - Russia's War pp288
Source: Stokes
World War 2 Death Count. Accessed November 16, 2004. http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Source: Ukraine During World War II 1938-1945, by V. Kusyk, Kyiv-Paris-New York-Toronto, 1992, p. 702. B. Urlanis Guerres et populations, Moscou 1975, p. 319-323; Das Dritte Reich (Muenchen 1985) Band 2. S. 404.
A comparative chart providing a rough glace at the Second Word War in comparison to other major conflicts is included in the addendum: figure 1.
Bibliography www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24355091
Chambers, John Whiteclay and David Culbert, eds. World War II, Film, and History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24132278
Divine, Robert a., ed. Causes and Consequences of World War II. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1969.
Gregorovich a.
World War II in Ukraine. Accessed November 15, 2004. http://www.infoukes.com/history/ww2/page-29.html www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=37750012
Lee, Loyd E. And Robin Higham, eds. World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=27558710
Lee, Loyd E., ed. World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26184632
Stokes, P. The Second World War: 1939-1945. Accessed November 15, 2004. http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/casualty.html
World War 2 Death Count. Accessed November 16, 2004. http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Source: http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Source: http://www.erols.com/mwhite28/war-list.htm
World War 2 Death Count. Accessed November 16, 2004. http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
These men represented a number of virtues and standards that were in accordance with those core, basic elements of humanity that the war threatened. The affection that the author feels for the old breed, in their attempts to help him and others ultimately win their own personal wars against debauchery, are alluded to in the following quotation. War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste. Combat leaves an indelible mark
In this regard, the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers led to many antagonisms to the European colonial dominance across the world. In this regard, Britain and France had a lot of challenges in maintaining their colonies across the world and had to decolonize most of these colonies in order to cut costs. Moreover, many people in Britain felt that it was high time
World War I Tactics and Weaponry In many ways, the "War to End All Wars" was fought with a wide range of increasingly modernized weaponry that was matched with obsolete tactics that resulted in millions of deaths and casualties on both sides of the conflict. Indeed, during the period between 1914 and 1918, the full brunt of early 20th century technology was brought to bear on the battlefields of Europe and
Even the established chain of command was seen as being too inhuman to the conscripts because of any arbitrary order from a superior. Conclusion In conclusion, this report focused on the frontline battlefield experiences of both American and Japanese soldiers as depicted in the semibiographical but fictional work "The Naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer and the autobiographical account of World War II experienced by Ooka Shohei in the "Fires
Lesson 6 Journal Entry # 9 of 13 Journal Exercise 6.4B: Responding to Literature Modern British Poetry Lesson 6 Journal Entry # 10 of 13 Journal Exercise 6.5A: Responding to Literature The poem was written in 1919, which is immediately after the First World War. I think that Yeats is, on one hand, enthusiastic about the end of the world and the coming of a new era. On the other hand, I think he is
World War I's effect on literature This is a paper that outlines the effects of World War I on contemporary literature. It has 5 sources. The lost generation was a group of people who emerged after World War I. Shocked and torn by the seemingly senseless destruction of the first war these people realized that the values and norms they had been brought up in were wrong. As they lost their past