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Breakdown of Kriegsmarine fatalities or casualties

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Breakdown of Kriegsmarine fatalities or casualties

Postby Panzerspitze on 16 Aug 2011 03:27

IIRC, Kriegsmarine suffered 120,000+ KIA in WWII. For a navy with few capital ships, that seems a huge number. Are there detailed breakdowns of KM fatalities or casualties by branches?

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Re: Breakdown of Kriegsmarine fatalities or casualties

Postby mescal on 16 Aug 2011 14:14

From memory, the Ubootwaffe suffered ~30,000 KIA.
The losses of Bismarck, Scharnhorst & Tirpitz amounted to ~5,000 KIA.

Do not forget that not all Kriegsmarine personnel losses were incurred at sea.
Many of the Kriegsmarine personnels were posted ashore, and fought and died on the hard ground.
For example, IIRC field divisions were hastily built from Kriegsmarine personnels late in the war, and most suffered heavily.

hope it helps...
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