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- From: vzhivov@alfred.carleton.ca (Vladimir Zhivov)
- Subject: Re: Soviet Losses at Stalingrad
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- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <vzhivov.727717611@cunews> <1993Jan22.152032.1@cubldr.colorado.edu>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:03:34 GMT
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- In <1993Jan22.152032.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> parson_r@cubldr.colorado.edu (Robert Parson) writes:
-
- >In article <vzhivov.727717611@cunews>,
- >vzhivov@alfred.carleton.ca (Vladimir Zhivov) writes:
- >> Today, Reuters carried a small news-item on Soviet losses in the
- >> Battle of Stalingrad. According to RUSSIAN historians (this appeared
- >> in the TRUD newspaper, a trade union publication), 1.1 million
- >> Soviet soldiers perished (that's killed, not counting the wounded or
- >> POWs) in this epic and decisive battle. Also, 13500 Soviet soldiers
- >> were executed for cowardice. Any comments on these figures? They sound
- >> reasonable to me. If anyone can provide any more details (names of
- >> these historians, publications) please do so. Also, what are the
- >> estimated German (and allied - Italian, Rumanian, Hungarian)
- >> casualties in this battle?
- >>
- >> Vladimir
-
-
- > According to Wm. Craig, _Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad_
- > (1973):
- > Germans 400,000
- > Italians 130,000
- > Hungarians 120,000
- > Rumanians 200,000
-
- > He says that Soviet Official Sources told him, off the record, that
- > Red Army _total_ losses (killed, wounded, and missing - of course a
- > large proportion of the prisoners would have died in Nazi POW camps but
- > then again I don't suppose the Germans _took_ many prisoners in this
- > battle) come to 750,000. The number of civilian deaths is large but
- > unknown - 40,000 killed in the first bombardment, and the total is
- > probably far larger. Perhaps the new figures include civilian losses?
- > Of course, Craig's 1973-vintage Soviet sources may have underestimated,
- > deliberately or otherwise.
-
- The new figures are specifically military (i.e. soldiers in uniform).
- Craig's book, for what it is worth, is generally considered unreliable
- and somewhat biased (especially in the Axis POW accounts which are
- simply not true).
- Vladimir
-