To date I have found the following information regarding German prisoners as recorded by Allied forces in Normandy. These are from G-2 reports for the US 29th ID (1-31 July), US 90th ID (11 June-31 August), US XIX Corps (1-31 August), and Cdn II Corps (8-23 August). The total is 39,320 as follows:
29th ID – 705
90th ID – 11,790
XIX Corps – 9,627
II Corps – 17,198
In terms of origins reported, they are:
Unit PoW /MIA
1 SS-PzD 509 /1,385
2 SS-PzD 319 /1,845
9 SS-PzD 219 /421
10 SS-PzD 623 /470
12 SS-PzD 428 /3,010
17 SS-PzGD 100 /2,252
Lehr PzD 116 /2,153
2 PzD 2,129 /4,061
9 PzD 732 /?
21 PzD 780 /1,772
116 PzD 434 /35
2 FJD 9 /?
3 FJD 1,690 /1,637
5 FJD 160 /?
6 FJD 311 /?
16 LW ID 42 /2,496
17 LW ID 1,349 /?
18 LW ID 739 /?
16 ID 4 /?
48 ID 62 /?
49 ID 5 /?
77 ID 527 /?
84 ID 1,124 /?
85 ID 1,529 /?
89 ID 1,632 /?
91 ID 117 /?
243 ID 206 /?
245 ID 1 /?
257 ID 9 /?
265 ID 194 /?
266 ID 118 /?
271 ID 596 /267
272 ID 290 /982
275 ID 431 /?
276 ID 1,413 /461
277 ID 2,232 /1,161
326 ID 1,114 /453
331 ID 289 /?
343 ID 14 /?
344 ID 2,132 /?
346 ID ? /642
352 ID 391 /1,247
353 ID 1,306 /?
363 ID 2,800 /?
708 ID 532 /?
711 ID ? /3
716 ID ? /?
12 Stg Bde 2 /?
30 Schnell Bde 48 /?
49 SS-PzGBde 7 /?
6 FJR 14 /?
Ost Troops 1,527 /?
Security Troops 671 /?
Flak Troops 1,434 /?
Misc 4,490 /?
HQ Troops 815 /?
GHQ Artillery 322 /?
GHQ Werfer 234 /?
Total 39,320 /26,753
An additional 2,750 were reported captured by XIX Corps in July, but are not identified by unit. This total of 42,070 appears to account for 18.17 percent of the 231,523 reported captured by SHAEF through 31 August.
Please note that the reports for MIA are from varying periods of time as are the reports of PoW, but this at least does give an indication of probable losses. Sorry the formatting dropped out, I hope the table is somewhat understandable. Any comments, amendments or questions are welcome.
German PoW and Casualties in Normandy
Exactly. Sorry, I may not have been clear. The German MIA are as reported in either the unit monthly or other periodic reports. The POW counts are from the identifications given in the various Allied G-2 Summaries that contain useful information.Peter H wrote:Rich,
Pardon my ignorance--so the MIA for German units are from German sources and hence would include those as Pows in the Allied figures?
Regards,
Peter
Hi Qvist,Qvist wrote:Hi Rich
As usual, very interesting - thanks for sharing. Just one question:
I think this is the first mention I have seen of such a unit. Was it a training unit, or an ad-hoc formation?49 SS-PzGBde
cheers
IIRC there were at least three SS Brigaden engaged during the latter stages of the French Campaign, 49, 50 and 51? I believe that 49 and 51 were used to reconstitute 17 SS Panzergrenadier-Division.
Rich