Red Army Strength

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Red Army Strength

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Post by ZackdeBlanc » 13 May 2003, 07:22

Does anybody know exactly how many served in the Red Army during World War 2? I heard that around 11,000,000 soviets died during the war, so I figure that there must have been 20 or 30 million soldiers in the army... Does anybody know if there are exact numbers for how many soviets served in the red army during the years 1941-1945?


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Post by Caldric » 13 May 2003, 08:22

Total Mobilized armed forces: 29,574,900

Total KIA: 6.885 Million
Total MIA/POW: 4.559 Million
Total Dead: 1941-1945 8.668 Million
Total Medical Casualties: 18.344 Million
........Of which: wounds/psychiatric disabled 15.205 million
........Sickness 3.04 Million
........Frostbite 90,880 (very few considering)

source J. Erickson.

And Civilian:
Sololov gives 16.9 Million civilians dead
Korol gives 24 Million dead
These are estimated


All of these numbers come from Richard Overy's book "Russia's War" page 288.

In comparsion the United States mobilized 16 million I believe it was most of which never left the US.


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Post by ZackdeBlanc » 13 May 2003, 08:26

Thanks, that was very helpful.

I can't imagine how a nation's economy and infrastruction would continue to function with such a loss of manpower to the military.


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Post by Caldric » 13 May 2003, 08:31

ZackdeBlanc wrote:Thanks, that was very helpful.

I can't imagine how a nation's economy and infrastruction would continue to function with such a loss of manpower to the military.


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Yes it was devastating, to give a humble person something to think about, 80% of all Soviet males born in 1923 would die in the war. If you were born on that year your chances of survival were nil.

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Post by Starinov » 23 May 2003, 22:27

ZackdeBlanc wrote:Does anybody know exactly how many served in the Red Army during World War 2?
Around 34 milion
ZackdeBlanc wrote:I heard that around 11,000,000 soviets died during the war
Killed in action, of wounds, etc: 6.329.600
Died of desease: 555.500
Missing in action, POWs: 3.396.400
Unrecorded casualties: 1.162.600
Total losses during the war: 11.441.100

Servicemen who got caught and then rejoined RKKA: 939.700
returned from captivity ant the end of the war: 1.836.000
Total: 2.775.700

Total losses (11.441.100) minus surviors (2.775.700) equals 8.668.400

Source: G.F. Krovisheev, Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the 20th Century, page 85.

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Post by AHLF » 24 May 2003, 15:13

Caldric wrote:Total Mobilized armed forces: 29,574,900

Total KIA: 6.885 Million
Total MIA/POW: 4.559 Million
Total Dead: 1941-1945 8.668 Million
Total Medical Casualties: 18.344 Million
........Of which: wounds/psychiatric disabled 15.205 million
........Sickness 3.04 Million
........Frostbite 90,880 (very few considering)

source J. Erickson.

And Civilian:
Sololov gives 16.9 Million civilians dead
Korol gives 24 Million dead
These are estimated


All of these numbers come from Richard Overy's book "Russia's War" page 288.

In comparsion the United States mobilized 16 million I believe it was most of which never left the US.
Do you mean B. Sokolov?

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