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The Russians lost about 10 million soldiers on the eastern front, of which approx. 4 million died as pow's (almost all Russian pow's died in German captivity). In addition to that about 20 million Russian civilians died.
Germany lost in total 5.5 million dead soldiers and 1.8 million dead civilians. In addition to that about 8 million German soldiers were captured. On the eastern front approx. 3.5-4 million German soldiers died (around 75%). At the end of the war, the Russians held about 3 million German pow's, Americans held about 4 million (of which they transferred 1 million after the war to the Russians), and the british held about 1 million German pow's.
So the biggest losses of the Germans were indeed on the eastern front, but if you also take pow's into account, losses are almost matched.
This site contains a breakdown of all casualties during ww2 per battle:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/ww2stats.htm
The German military suffered around 2,800,000 killed. Of these around 2,000,000 died on the Eastern Front, 300,000 died on other fronts, and 500,000 died in captivity. The Soviet Union suffered 14,500,000 killed total. Of these 3,330,000 died in captivity.
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∙ 17y agoIt is generally accepted that of the total German military combat deaths in WWII, which numbered about 3.4 million, about 75% and possibly 80% were on the eastern front. Additionally, up to June 1944 (Normandy) the percentage was even higher since there was little combat elsewhere that generated large casualties. German material losses on the eastern front were also huge representing over 80% of artillery, tank and truck losses. Aircraft losses were about 50/50 on the eastern and western front. Of course, naval losses were almost exclusively in the west, even including defensive actions taken against Soviet attempts to massacre civilians on the open seas late in the war in the Baltic. It is said that, 9 out of 10 German soldiers killed in World War II were on the Eastern Front.
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∙ 14y agoAt least 3.3 million men dead out of a total of 5.5 million - in other words, at least 60% of German military deaths were on the Eastern Front.
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People helping the german's on the eastern front?
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Which country became the eastern front of world war 2?
THe Eastern Front was the German border with what was then the Soviet Union. Phil
What years did German soldiers fight at the Eastern front?
1941-1945
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What was the style of fighting on the eastern front during World War 1 as oposed to the western front?
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People helping the german's on the eastern front?
The Soviet Union helped the German Army on the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front was the Central and Northern part of Europe.
What was he eastern front in WW1?
The Eastern Front was the front where Russia fought Germany and Austria-Hungary, beginning at the Russo-German border.
Which country became the eastern front of world war 2?
THe Eastern Front was the German border with what was then the Soviet Union. Phil
Battlefield along german and russian border?
Eastern Front
What years did German soldiers fight at the Eastern front?
1941-1945
How many German soldiers returned from the eastern front in World War 2?
how many german soldiers returned to germany after the war.
Did any Bulgarian army divisions fight with German troops on the eastern front in WWII?
only volunteers
How did d-day affect the Russians?
It brought them much needed relief by draining German assets from the Eastern front.
What was the USSR pressuring the Western Allies into in World War 2?
Once the allies successfully invaded Europe, this forced Germany to divert more troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. Until this happened with Operation Overlord, the Russians handled the brunt of the German war effort. They pressured the other allies to attack Europe as soon as possible to ease their losses and force German to divide and weaken its forces.
Was there any fighting on German soil during World War 1?
Most of the fighting in the western front was fought in the northern france and Belgium because of the german's schlieffen plan which involved the invasion of belgium there was no fighting on german soil but on the eastern front there was the battle of Tannenberg which was in east Prussia (now known as the eastern part Poland) but if you are talking about the western from then no.
What was the Red Orchestra?
2 answers. It is the Eastern Front in World War Two. and Red Orchestra is an online game depicting battles on the Eastern front. It was the name of a secret German Communist resistance group in Nazi Germany.
Battle at Stalin grad?
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