What was left of Wehrmacht?
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What was left of Wehrmacht?
When WWII ended. what was left of the Wehrmacht? i know there wre about 400000 in Norway but i wonder how many there were left in other areas?
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Well, there were approximatelty 18,000,000 people who served in the wehrmacht (all branches) during World War 2. There were a total of around 10,000,000 casualties (3,000,000 dead, 2,800,000 missing and 5,000,000 wounded).
So... If you count the wounded then the Wehrmacht probably had about 12,500,000 people in service at the end of the war.
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So... If you count the wounded then the Wehrmacht probably had about 12,500,000 people in service at the end of the war.
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Numbers at wars end: I have not seen a detailed breakdown of German Army strength at the end of the war. I have seen the figure of 1.8 million quoted for german troops on the eastern front in may 1945 in 164 divisions. There are certainly OOBS for eg Army Group South East dating from may 1945 and other eastern front army groups from april 1945
Lucas in the German army handbook 1939-45 gives the german army OOB for april 12 1945 which gives an indication of numbers.
For the western front I have seen 700, 000 troops quoted as the german army strength after the clearance of forces from the west of the R. Rhine.
Army Group B surrendered 325,00 troops in the Ruhr by 18th of april, and "1.65 million pow s taken by the Allies" in April 1945.
The German army surrender in Italt and Austria at the start of may yielded "1 million troops".
I know these are scattered an inexact numbers but i hope they give an indication og the size of the german army at wars end
Lucas in the German army handbook 1939-45 gives the german army OOB for april 12 1945 which gives an indication of numbers.
For the western front I have seen 700, 000 troops quoted as the german army strength after the clearance of forces from the west of the R. Rhine.
Army Group B surrendered 325,00 troops in the Ruhr by 18th of april, and "1.65 million pow s taken by the Allies" in April 1945.
The German army surrender in Italt and Austria at the start of may yielded "1 million troops".
I know these are scattered an inexact numbers but i hope they give an indication og the size of the german army at wars end
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Another thing, where do those overall casualties come from? those figures are not known to me.
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Hmm... I don't have any sure numbers either, but that certainly cannot be correct. For one, a fair part of those wounded would no longer be in uniform when the war ended. Many would be dead (though I am not sure if those would be included in your dead figures), others discharged from service due to the nature or gravity of their wounds. Many others would also have been discharged during the course of the war for reasons of health, age, industrial utility and other things.Well, there were approximatelty 18,000,000 people who served in the wehrmacht (all branches) during World War 2. There were a total of around 10,000,000 casualties (3,000,000 dead, 2,800,000 missing and 5,000,000 wounded).
So... If you count the wounded then the Wehrmacht probably had about 12,500,000 people in service at the end of the war.
Another thing, where do those overall casualties come from? those figures are not known to me.
cheers
Disbandment of Wehrmacht a gift to russian imperialism
The greatest mistake commited by western allies was of dissolution of wehrmacht which helped russian imperialist to keep all the eastern europe under there boot for half century.LILLEBROR wrote:you could rais a large force of all equipment left by the germans. Norway took over allot of eq and weapons after the germans. if all german soldiers was put together and trained properly they would bee an enormous army
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The greatest mistake commited by western allies was of dissolution of wehrmacht which helped russian imperialist to keep all the eastern europe under there boot for half century.
True....to the sense that Allies won the WW2 for moral sense..but they lostout politically and this cause lives to be lost under the altar of the savage, monstrously godless russian bolshevism
This was the last time. From now on I will delete all messages you post when they include your continues rants against the russians.panzermahn wrote:monstrously godless russian bolshevism
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