German losses in Lapland
German losses in Lapland
How many men Germans losted in Lapland during Continuation War? I am interested of each front sector (Petsamo,Salla, Kiestinki-Uhtua).
I know that Finnish JR 12 (Infantry Regiment 12) losted about 700 men as dead from June to December 1941.
I know that Finnish JR 12 (Infantry Regiment 12) losted about 700 men as dead from June to December 1941.
Re: German losses in Lapland
Are you sure ? this sounds too high to me, if an infantry regiment lost KIA 700 alone, that means this regiment was completely wiped out.Mika68 wrote:How many men Germans losted in Lapland during Continuation War? I am interested of each front sector (Petsamo,Salla, Kiestinki-Uhtua).
I know that Finnish JR 12 (Infantry Regiment 12) losted about 700 men as dead from June to December 1941.
Re: German losses in Lapland
It's true. JR 12 losted nearly 1200 men as dead in Continuation War. It consisted two draftable battalions and one reservist batalion (which was collected from Kemijärvi area). Naturally it got additions during the war. For example in battle of Kelsinkäinen in Salla it losted nearly 170 men 9.-12.7.1941. My grandfather's brother Reino Keskitalo died in first battle 1.7.1941.
mars wrote:Are you sure ? this sounds too high to me, if an infantry regiment lost KIA 700 alone, that means this regiment was completely wiped out.Mika68 wrote:How many men Germans losted in Lapland during Continuation War? I am interested of each front sector (Petsamo,Salla, Kiestinki-Uhtua).
I know that Finnish JR 12 (Infantry Regiment 12) losted about 700 men as dead from June to December 1941.
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I am sure that Germans losted more man, about ten thousand in Salla during Autumn 1941.
quote="Juha Hujanen"]Well Jatkosodan Historia 6 gives some casulties figures:
For 1941:
Murmansk(Gebirgs Corps Norwegen):2799 KIA,9529 WIA,521 MIA
Salla(XXXVI Corps):1963 KIA,5455 WIA,84 MIA
Kiestinki (SS-Div.Nord):801 KIA,3071 WIA,123 MIA
Regards/Juha[/quote]
quote="Juha Hujanen"]Well Jatkosodan Historia 6 gives some casulties figures:
For 1941:
Murmansk(Gebirgs Corps Norwegen):2799 KIA,9529 WIA,521 MIA
Salla(XXXVI Corps):1963 KIA,5455 WIA,84 MIA
Kiestinki (SS-Div.Nord):801 KIA,3071 WIA,123 MIA
Regards/Juha[/quote]
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According monthly report of OKH there are numbers for A.O.K Norwegen (Heer, excluding Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine):Juha Hujanen wrote: ↑18 Mar 2006, 19:34Well Jatkosodan Historia 6 gives some casulties figures:
For 1941:
Murmansk(Gebirgs Corps Norwegen):2799 KIA,9529 WIA,521 MIA
Salla(XXXVI Corps):1963 KIA,5455 WIA,84 MIA
Kiestinki (SS-Div.Nord):801 KIA,3071 WIA,123 MIA
Regards/Juha
22.6-31.12.1941:6,375 KIA, 1,346 MIA, 20,724 WIA. Total 28,445
These losses were around 34% of Finnish losses during same period. As you see these losses are clearly higher than that sum of Geb.Corps Norwegen, XXXVI Corps and SS-Division Nord.
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- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front
- Gaston de Pawlowski, Dans les rides du front
Re: German losses in Lapland
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COMBINED LOSSES OF GERMANS AND FINNS IN THE KANDALAKSHA DIRECTION in 1941 (until 09/15/1941)
COMBINED LOSSES OF GERMANS AND FINNS IN THE KANDALAKSHA DIRECTION in 1941 (until 09/15/1941)