[31] This proportion (2/3 East vs. 1/3 West) contradicts the Heeresarzt weekly casualty reports for the army regarding the period from 1.1.-20.4.1945,[32] according to which ca. It involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined. Bacque maintains that there has been a conspiracy by the United States to cover up these losses. The spokesman said: the beginning of October we reported 800 German war dead, in the former Stalingrad, today Volgograd. [169] The former President of Germany Joachim Gauck and the former German chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced support for the Center Against Expulsions. [46] The statistics of the German High Command put casualties of the volunteer forces from the Soviet Union up until 1/31/1945 at: 83,307 dead; 57,258 missing and 118,127 wounded[47]. Schramm put the total at 4,188,057. Losses Reported by OKW September1 1939 April30 1945 (For all branches of service), Source: Mller-Hillebrand Das Heer 19331945 Vol 3. Professor Ryszard Kaczmarek of the University of Silesia in Katowice, author of a monograph titled Polacy w Wehrmachcie ("Poles in the Wehrmacht") noted that many Polish citizens in the Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany were forcibly conscripted in Upper Silesia and in Pomerania. [61][62], The Western Allies also took 134,000 German soldiers prisoner in North Africa[63] We are no longer accepting comments on this article. On March 27 Eisenhower declared at a press conference that the enemy were a whipped army . English language sources have put the death toll at 2 to 3 million for the flight and expulsion of the Germans. According to Overmans there are no reliable figures to breakout the national origin for the figure of 900,000 men of German ancestry conscripted into the Waffen-SS[42] Overmans maintains that records of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) surveyed only persons of German ancestry "deutsche nach Abstammung"[42] However Polish sources maintain that during the war the Germans forcibly conscripted ethnic Poles into the German military. Troops of the Third Reich fought all over Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic Ocean and the Middle East during the Second World War. (German government Statistical Office), Based on his research Overmans believes that the total of 459,000 dead POWs listed in the files of. Ambrose maintains that the figure of 800,000 POW missing from the US records was a bookkeeping error, that many POW were released and no records were maintained. The current President of Germany Joachim Gauck and the German chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced support for the Center Against Expulsions. The figures include those killed in the 1945 military campaign and the forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. When Overmans conducted his research project during 1992 to 1994 he was an officer in the German Armed Forces. [69] This, plus the fact that most surrenders occurred in April 1945, suggests that (unlike on the Eastern Front (World War II), where the number of German killed and wounded far exceeded the number of prisoners taken by the Soviets), most German soldiers who surrendered to the Western Allies did so without a fight. The Hahn's believe that the official German figure of 2 million deaths is a historical myth that lacks foundation. You can search on multiple fields, such as First Name, Last Name, and City, or just a single field, such as Branch of Service.You may sort results by clicking just to the right of any of the field labels in the blue area below. Soviet soldiers roughly around 8.7 million Soviet soldiers died in World War 2. The high rate of German casualties in the Eastern front occured for a number of reasons. Overmans did not include Russian volunteers in the Wehrmacht in his figures. In 1949 he published an article in the newspaper Die Zeit, in which he listed OKW Casualty Figures[22] these figures also appeared in a multi-volume edition of the OKW diaries. The West German government set up the Maschke Commission to investigate the fate of German POW in the war; in its report of 1974 the Maschke Commission found that about 1.2 million German military personnel reported as missing more than likely died as POWs, including 1.1 million in the USSR. Militrgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Bundesarchiv Euthanasie" im Nationalsozialismus, Bundesarchiv: Euthanasie-Verbrechen 1939 - 1945, Die Flucht der deutschen Bevlkerung 1944/45, http://books.google.com/books?id=vAzgsCDUky0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Peter+Antill,+Peter+Dennis,+Berlin+1945:+end+of+the+Thousand+Year+Reich&hl=en&ei=dK25TJWtLoWKlwfp_I25DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=22%2C000&f=false, "Merkel ally quits after claiming Nazis didn't start war", http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/merkel-ally-quits-after-claiming-nazis-didnt-start-war-2076379.html, By Official Cause of Death (Per R. Overmans), German military dead Eastern Front (Per R. Overmans), Add:Estimated losses of Soviet Volunteers, German POW deaths- Overmans estimate 2000, German POW Held in Captivity (Per R. Overmans), Expulsion and Deportation Civilian Dead/Missing, Based on his research Overmans believes that 459,000 dead POW listed in the files of. A new cemetery in Russia will be the final resting place of 70,000 Wehrmacht soldiers killed on the Eastern Front. Geschichte der deutschen Bevolkerung seit 1815 Steiner, Franz Verlag 1998, Wirtschaft und Statistik October 1956, figure includes 3,760,000 military dead and missing; Civilian deaths: 410,000 in air war; 20,000 in military campaign and 1,260,000 expellee deaths east of the, Die deutschen Vertreibungsverluste. PART I LAND Section A, ENEMY OPERATIONS. Those remaining in 1950 became Polish citizens but were German nationals in 1939. Bischoff, Gunter; Ambrose, Stephen (1992), "Introduction", in Bischoff, Gunter; Ambrose, Stephen, Eisenhower and the German POWs, New York: Louisiana State University Press, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Military history of Germany during World War II, Flight and expulsion of Germans (194450), Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union, German Armed Forces Military History Research Office, German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union, German prisoners of war in the United States, The German Reich and the Second World War, the wartime policy of the Nazis in Eastern Europe, West German government statistical office, George C Marshall, Biennial reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War: 1 July 1939-30 June 1945. Bacque presents his arguments with a description of the horrific conditions at the Rheinwiesenlager POW camps and eyewitness accounts of retired US military officers. The Austrian government puts their losses in the air war at 24,000. In September 1943, German Wehrmacht troops slaughtered some 5,200 Italian soldiers on the Greek isle. Page 246. Percy Ernst Schramm was responsible for maintaining the official OKW diary during the war. The sum of the Relief Bureau's army dead figures for these regions is 654,800. [46] By 1950 the Soviets reported that they had repatriated all German prisoners of war except a small number of convicted war criminals. Nina Werkhuser. Schramm put the total at 4,188,057. 4-The figures for Army wounded add up to 4,219,211. Wirtschaft und Statistik October 1956, journal published by Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland. Deutsche Kriegsgefangene des Zweiten Weltkriege. (German government Statistical Office) and The Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960, Page 78. Among those found were the remains of horses killed alongside the troops in the biggest battle in World War Two. [81] The German government Statistical Office figures in the above table put the deaths due to natural causes at 7,130,000. 'We are not looking for soldiers of the Wehrmacht, not for U.S. GI's, Marines, soldiers of the red army or Polish Military - not for infantry, soldiers, sailors or airmen - not for Good or Bad. The association's mission statement on its website says: 'We are searching for the nameless dead, who lay without commemorative stones in the mass graves of War or were buried somewhere, as individuals and are considered as missing. The personnel records included 3,070,000 men who were confirmed dead in the Death Files and another 15,200,000 men in the General Files who had served in the war including those listed as missing and presumed dead. Population Changes in Europe Since 1939, Geneva 1951. The West German government set up a Commission headed by Erich Maschke to investigate the fate of German POWs in the war. When Overmans conducted his research project during 1992 to 1994 he was an officer in the German Armed Forces. Presse- und Informationsamt. Monthly Field Army (Feldheer) casualties September 1939 to November 1944, Notes: Figures include Waffen SS, Austrians and conscripted ethnic Germans. The West German government statistical office issued a report in 1958 that put the number of civilians dead or missing in the expulsions and forced labor in the USSR at 2,225,000( including 1,339,000 for Germany in 1937 borders; Poland 185,000, Danzig 83,200; Czechoslovakia 272,900; Yugoslavia 135,800; Rumania 101,000; Hungary 57,000; Baltic States 51,400. The. Infantrymen from Regiment 506 after first days of the Russian campaign. Statistics for German World War II military casualties are divergent and contradictory. After this look at the deadliest Nazi sniper of World War II, Matthus Hetzenauer, read about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the deadliest female sniper in history. Bischoff, Gunter; Ambrose, Stephen (1992), "Introduction", in Bischoff, Gunter; Ambrose, Stephen, Eisenhower and the German POWs, New York: Louisiana State University Press, forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union, German Armed Forces Military History Research Office, German prisoners of war in northwest Europe, German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union, German prisoners of war in the United States, Flight and expulsion of Germans (194450), Erich Hampe "Der Zivile Luftschutz im Zweiten Weltkrieg" pp.138-142, The German Reich and the Second World War, Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union, the wartime policy of the Nazis in Eastern Europe, West German government statistical office, Die Flucht der deutschen Bevlkerung 1944/45, "Quellen zur Geschichte der "Euthanasie"-Verbrechen 1939-1945 in deutschen und sterreichischen Archiven", Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Theater of War, 1945 [BA/MA RH 2/1355, 2/2623, RW 6/557, 6/559], Heeresarzt 10-Day Casualty Reports per Theater of War, 1945 [BA/MA RH 2/1355, 2/2623, RW 6/557, 6/559], Wehrmacht Monthly Casualty Reports, 1945 [BA/MA RM 7/810]. [82] The German economist de:Bruno Gleitze from the German Institute for Economic Research estimated that included in the total of 7.1 million deaths by natural causes that there were 1,2 million excess deaths caused by an increase in mortality due to the harsh conditions in Germany during and after the war[83] In Allied occupied Germany the shortage of food was an acute problem in 194647 the average kilocalorie intake per day was only 1,600 to 1,800, an amount insufficient for long-term health.,[84], 5-Killed in Air war - Figure for civilians only, does not include 23,000 police and military and 32,000 POW and foreign workers. Here are just a few: The total haul of German POWs held by the Western Allies by April 30, 1945, in all theatres of war was over 3,150,000, rising in NW Europe to 7,614,790 after the end of the war. [1][2][3] The German government reported that its records list 4.3 million dead and missing military personnel. is a humanitarian organisation charged by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany with recording, maintaining and caring for the graves of German war casualties abroad. "World War II Casualties by Country." Around two million men were killed, wounded, or captured during the Battle of Stalingrad. The current view of the German government is that these losses were due to an aggressive war started by the German nation. The German Red Cross reported in 2005 that the records of the military search service WAS list total Wehrmacht losses at 4.3 million men (3.1 million dead and 1.2 million missing) in World War II. In early 1945 the German High Command (OKW) prepared a summary of total losses up to January 31, 1945. [81], 4-Civilian Deaths- These are deaths due to natural causes not directly related to the war. The research project involved taking a statistical sample of the confidential German military personnel records located at the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt). Ullstein Taschenbuch vlg., 2002. On the other hand, Overmans states that "300,000 soldiers per month" (p.275), "that is, 10,000 men per day" (p.279, cf. Overmans was an associate of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office from 1987 until 2004 and was on the faculty of the University of Freiburg from 1996-2001. (over 300,000 plus 1,500,000. Firstly, we will assume that soldiers listed as missing at the end of the war were actually dead. RM WHA1PP - WW2: Body of a dead German soldier outside the Reichs Chancellery, Berlin, 1945. -Expulsion and Deportation Dead - This estimate is only for the. In 1992 when Overmans began the project, German military dead in the war listed at the military search service Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) were 4.3 million men (3.1 million confirmed dead and 1.2 missing and presumed dead). Page 202. Not fully confirmed, but some historians say that around 16,112,566 US soldiers participated in the battles of World War 2. They earned a formidable . However, there are some who attempt to trivialize the crimes of the Hitler period by comparing German losses to the Holocaust. The National World War II Museum. 12-Emigrated & Murdered Jews- The Statistisches Bundesamt(German government Statistical Office) gave a total of 200,000 Jews who had emigrated or were murdered, they did not estimate those actually who were murdered. They were declared citizens of the Third Reich by law and therefore subject to drumhead court-martial in case of draft evasion. Germany's war lasted from the 1st September 1939 to the 7th May 1945, inclusive, which is 2,076 days. However, this calculation never resolved the figure raised by Audenauer. Find Dead Of World War Ii stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. According to Gregory Frumkin this presumably referred to aggregate German forces including those conscripted outside the 1937 German borders. Of the 350,000 civilians listed as dead (not including refugees), 126,000 of the deaths occurred after January 31, 1945. Overall Mller-Hillebrand estimated the total dead and missing at 4.0 million men. He believes that the previous studies by the German government should be subject to critical revision and new research is needed to establish the actual number of expulsion deaths.[141]. Currently, the commission runs an online database in which soldiers' family can search for the missing relatives. The following studies were published by the West German government estimating expulsion deaths. German military losses also include ethnic Germans outside of Germany and Austrians conscripted during the war. Of the 2 million presumed dead, Overmans believes 700,000 died in Soviet custody without being reported as POWs. By 1950 the Soviets reported that they had repatriated all German prisoners of war except a small number of convicted war criminals. Archivalien und ausgewhlte Erlebnisberichte. A spokesman for the German War Graves Commission said they initially thought that 800 bodies were buried in the mass grave. Estimated figures for German World War II casualties are divergent and contradictory. Deaths of POW were 450,600 including 356,700 in NKVD camps and 93,900 in transit. The number of Russian soldiers thought to have died ranges from 5,000 to 33,000, while some 12,000 German troops perished. The current view of the German government is that these losses were due to an aggressive war started by the German nation. In addition, 247,000 Austrians lost their lives serving in the army of the Third Reich or were reported missing, and 24,000 civilians were killed during bombing raids. [7] The statistics of the German High Command put casualties of the volunteer forces from the Soviet Union up until 1/31/1945 at: 83,307 dead; 57,258 missing and 118,127 wounded[24]. Almost 70% of deaths occurred in the winter of 1945-1946. This is doubly amazing because it suggests women were a significant part of the fighting . Ambrose points out that the US and the UK had to cope with a major logistical problem in order to maintain the huge number of surrendered German personnel and finds the claim that Eisenhower and the US military deliberately withheld support for the German POW to be without merit. Lasting from August 1942 to February 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad was the largest battle of World War II and in the history of warfare. Estimated total deaths 4,200,000. Within a fortnight, Adolf Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was effectively over. Ursprnge, Arten und Folgen des Konstrukts "Bevlkerung" vor, im und nach dem "Dritten Reich" Zur Geschichte der deutschen Bevlkerungswissensch: Herausforderung Bevlkerung: zu Entwicklungen des modernen Denkens ber die Bevlkerung vor, im und nach dem Dritten Reich, Hubert, Michael, Deutschland im Wandel. In 2005 the German Red Cross Search Service still maintained that their research put losses at 2,251,500 persons in the expulsions and deportations. According to Krivosheev "The figures in the Wehrmacht documents relating to Germany's war losses are therefore contradictory and unreliable. These claims are viewed as an outrage by those who survived the Holocaust and have from time to time exacerbated Polish-German relations. However, the position of the German government, the German Federal Agency for Civic Education and the German Red Cross is that the death toll in the expulsions is between 2.0 to 2.5 million civilians. Source of figures Deutsche militrische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg page 286, Source:Rdiger Overmans Soldaten hinter Stacheldraht. [64], See Also: Flight and expulsion of Germans (194450) and Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union, Civilian deaths due to the Flight and expulsion of Germans (194450) and the Forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union are sometimes included with World War II Casualties. A recent study by German historian Rdiger Overmans found that the German military casualties were 5.3 million, including 900,000 men conscripted from outside of Germany's 1937 borders, in Austria and in east-central Europe, higher than those originally reported by the German high command. Containing the skeletons of 66 German troops, the grizzly find in the town of Barborw in southwest Poland includes the meagre possessions the men had on them before being shot. Notes: Figures include Waffen SS, Austrians, conscripted ethnic Germans, Volkssturm and other paramilitary forces. Italian soldiers in German captivity in Greece. 83% of the KIA and 87% of the WIA in the "final battles" occurred in the East. Germany the overall total is given as just under 7.4 million. Also, check out the " White Death ," AKA Simo Hyh, the deadliest sniper of them all. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The World War II Databook, by John Ellis, 1993 p256. Based on his own research Bacque claims that documents from the US Archives show that there were 800,000 German POW who did not survive US captivity. Encyclopedia Britannica, article World Wars (2010) Military-killed, died of wounds or in prison-3,500,000; wounded-5,000,000; prisoners or missing 3,400,000; civilian deaths due to war 780,000. As many as 20,000 US soldiers died during the . The following studies were published by the West German government estimating expulsion deaths. [118]) Marshall's figure for China is much lower than that of the Relief Bureau (126,000 vs. 435,600), but for the theaters where Japanese forces confronted American and British Empire forces the sum of Marshall's figures (1,093,000) is slightly higher than the sum of the Relief Bureau's figures for these theaters (1,020,900). It is now known that they did not survive the war, Rdiger Overmans believes that more than likely they died in Soviet custody. Five months, one week, and three days. The missing (697,319) does not include confirmed deaths in captivity, however on page 288 Overmans mentions 400,000 missing in the East in 1945 and states that this figure of missing was based on his finding that two thirds of deaths during the "final battles" occurred in the East of Germany. 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