Krivosheev corrected

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Krivosheev corrected

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Post by thorwald77 » 18 Apr 2017, 01:56

Soviet War Dead 1941-45 (1,000)

Military Losses
Killed in Action 5,227
Non Combat deaths 556
Died of wounds 1,104
Died of illness 267
Missing/Pow (net) (Krivosheev pp. 161-218 ) 3,058
Lossses rear area 940
Conscripted reservists 500
Total military losses 11,652

Civilian Losses
Civilians killed 7,420
Forced Labor 2,164
Excess deaths 4,100
Increase Infant Mortality 1,280
Total civilian losses 14,964

Total population Loss per ADK 26,616

The key understanding the figure for the missing net 3,058k is to take a total from English edition of Krivosheev of the missing per the fronts, independent armies and fleets pp.164-213. 4,427K less the released POW p.237 (1,369k). Note well Krivosheev on p. 208 excludes the losses of the flotillas. His numbers add down to 8.668 k irrecoverable losses, but the died of wounds and NKVD forces are excluded. My figure of 11,652K military dead agrees to the ADK balance and a reconciliation of the conscripted. All the figures are straight from English edition of Krivosheev



Soviet military Losses Reconciliation (corrected) In (1,000)

Army Navy Conscripted ( Less Civilians) 34,401.8

Operational Losses during war
Net Losses Army Navy (11,651.7)
Less NKVD troops 159.1
POW recovered (March/1946) (1,825.7)

Discharged from Service
Medical discharge (3,798.2)
To industry, or paramilitary units (3,614.6)
To NKVD (1,174.6)
To Polish, Cz and Romanian units (250.4)
To prison (436.6)
Discharged (206.0)
Missing in interior (212.4)

Balance Red Army/Navy at end of war 11,390.7

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Re: Krivosheev corrected

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Post by thorwald77 » 18 Apr 2017, 03:01

I am not asserting that the balance of 11.652k military war dead is correct. I am saying that the figures presented by Krivosheev add up to that total if we correct his errors. It could have been a case of sheer stupidity on his part or the use of Russian Маскировка. IMO Maskirovka was used to justify the official balance of 8,668,400 war dead. I believe the actual correct figure of Soviet war dead will never be known.


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