Then I suspect it is more or less correct. Other figures fir 1 July 1942 are:
2,734,000 - AL1574-55 and 65 Handakten OrgAbt. The figure is described as preliminary.
2,847,000 - Müller-Hillebrand (also in RW6/518 "Menschenverluste im Kriege“, WVW 2836/43, 12.5.43).
2,730,000 - MI14/650-3117 "Abschrift. Kräfteverhältnis.“ 25.9.43 states that this includes “aller Kräfte in den rückwärtigen Heeresgebieten und in den Gebieten der Reichskommisariate (in den Kommisariaten sind 99,500 Mann”.
2,635,000, with 212,000 men in the Ostgebiete - RH2/429, "Überschlägige Kräfteberechnung für das Jahr 1943 und ihre Auswirkung auf die Kampfkraft der Ostfront", 8.8.42 quoted in Zetterling/Franksson, "Kursk 1943“, p.2.
There are some other confusions...or perhaps I am missing what you are getting at?As for the divisions mentioned, I'd be greatly interested if anyone had data on their individual strength returns. For arrivals, they are:
Almost all of these units were fresh formations that had not yet seen combat. I don't know their exact establishment strength, but I see no reason to believe they arrived in the East understrength. Hence my manpower estimate of 15,000 - 17,000 men per division, admittedly based on the average Infanterie establishment for the first half of the war.Infanterie: 81., 82., 83., 88., 205., 208., 211., 212., 215., 216., 218., 223., 225., 227., 246., 250., 305., 323., 328., 329., 331., 336., 339., 340., 342., 370., 371., 376., 377., 383., 384., 385., 387., 389., 707.
Jäger : 5., 8., 28.
Gebirgs : 5., 7.
Sicherungs: 201., 203.
Infanterie (mot.): Grossdeutschland (expanded from the Regiment already deployed)
Panzer: 2., 5., 22., 23., 24.
Now for departures:
Note that 5., 8., 28. Infanterie, as well as 99. leichte Infanterie and 1. Kavallerie, had returned in the East by the time of Blau - the Infantry Divisions as Jäger (or leichte Infanterie as they were first called), the 99. leichte Infanterie as the 7. Gebirgs, and the cavalry division as the 24. Panzer.Infanterie: 5., 8., 15., 17., 23., 28., 106., 162., 167., 239.
Jäger: 99. leichte Infanterie
Kavallerie: 1.
Infanterie (mot.): SS "Das Reich"
Panzer: 6., 7., 10.
The 239. Infanterie was not, in point of fact, a departure. It was dissolved and its residual strength was absorbed by the 294. Infanterie, which stayed on the Ostfront. From a manpower outflow standpoint, thus, it is more accurate to speak of a net loss of 15 divisions.
5. Inf-Div, 5. leichte Inf-Div, and 5. Jäg-Div are all one and the same. It was withdrawn from the Ostfront 5 November 1941 and rebuilt in France before returning in February 1942. 8. and 28. Jäg-Div are similar.
99. leichte Inf-Div was organized 16 November 1940 and committed to the Ostfront in June 1941, then was withdrawn to Germany 22 October 1941 for reorganization as 7. Geb-Jäg-Div.
1. Kav-Div was withdrawn and returned as 24. Pz-Div.
And so on. Am I missing something? It looks like double-counting? Or I am misunderstanding what you are getting at.
I'll see what I can dig out, but I am not sure what I might have for that period.If anyone knows the strength returns of these 15 divisions before they left the East, I would be grateful.
Detailed dekade figures for the Verpfleugungsstärke of 11. Armee are available and do not match that given. As of 30 June it was 217,029 Heer, 32,000 Luftwaffe, and 2,526 Kriegsmarine, 92,137 Romanians, 1,100 Baustad Speer, 900 OT, 45 NSKK, 1900 Reichsbahn, 350 SD, and 500 "Tataren". They were also feeding 29,539 Kriegsgefangenen.Another way to determine strength in 1942 would be to look at individual Armies Iststärke. The book Enduring the Whirlwind (p228) gives the following data for July 1st:
2. Armee: 280,482
4. Panzerarmee: 85,643
6. Armee: 317,896
1. Panzerarmee: 226,688
17. Armee: 135,504
11. Armee: 164,648
For a total of 1,210,861 men. We could complete the picture with data for the Armies deployed in Heeresgruppen Nord and Mitte on or around the same date, if anyone has it.