As Klein came towards him, Kubi recovered, jumped on his bicycle and pedaled away, scattering passengers spilling from the tram by firing in the air with his Colt M1903 pistol. WebAlfred Jodl (ca. The wartime military casualty figures compiled by German High Command, up until January 31, 1945, are often cited by military historians when covering individual campaigns in the war. The total sample pulled for the research consisted of the files of 4,844 personnel dead or missing in military service during the war: The first group 4,137 from Army, Air Force and 172 from Waffen SS and paramilitary organizations including (3,051 confirmed dead from the Death Files and another 1,258 found to be dead or missing in the General Files) The Second Group of 535 men found to be dead or missing was selected from the separate Navy files. The West German government statistical office issued a report in 1958 that put the number of civilians dead or missing in the expulsions and forced labor in the USSR at 2,225,000(including 1,339,000 for Germany in 1937 borders; Poland 185,000, Danzig 83,200; Czechoslovakia 272,900; Yugoslavia 135,800; Rumania 101,000; Hungary 57,000; Baltic States 51,400. Based on information available in January 1946, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. put German military dead at 3,250,000. by Lornito Uriarte Mahinay Jr. 19 Apr 2008, 11:54, Post Of the children, 81 were later killed in gas vans at the Chemno extermination camp, The Japanese Relief Bureau's army dead figure for this battlefront is 163,000. Many evil people have the distinction of being He believes that personnel captured on the battlefield may have died of wounds or in transit before being recorded as POW. Figure includes deaths actually recorded from May 1939 until June 1944 and from January to October 1946. WebWW2 Mysteries. 2,055,575 German soldiers surrendered between D-day and April 16, 1945, The Times, April 19 p 4; 755,573 German soldiers surrendered between April 1 and 16, The Times, April 18 p 4, which means that 1,300,002 German soldiers surrendered to the Western Allies between D-day and the end of March 1945. Marshall's figure is 126,000. By 1950 the Soviets reported that they had repatriated all German prisoners of war except a small number of convicted war criminals. Ji Weil's 1959 book Mendelssohn is on the Roof features the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich as a subplot. In 1956 the West German government figures in the table below list an estimated about 5.5 million deaths (military and civilian) directly caused by the war within the borders of 1937. WebAnswer (1 of 5): I agree as a straight up being whacked by the enemy the answer Hydrech sounds spot on to me. by tigre 18 Apr 2008, 21:53, Post The exiled government of Czechoslovakia under President Edvard Bene was under pressure from British intelligence, as there had been very little visible resistance since the occupation of the Sudeten regions of the country in 1938. (Published by the Search Service of the German Red Cross. English language sources have put the death toll at 2 to 3 million for the flight and expulsion of the Germans. Originally, the plane had been planned to land near Pilsen, but the aircrew had navigation problems and each of the groups landed in different places from where intended. [23], Gabk and Kubi initially planned to kill Heydrich on a train, but after examination of the practicalities, they realised this was not going to be possible. 2, The number of prisoners taken in March was approaching 350,000, SHAEF Weekly Summary No. [4] Bevlkerungsbilanzen fr die deutschen Vertreibungsgebiete 1939/50.Herausgeber: Statistisches Bundesamt - Wiesbaden. Maurice Rose lived through the [136], The Soviets set up NKVD special camps in the Soviet-occupied parts of Germany and areas east of the Oder-Neisse line to intern Germans accused of alleged ties to the Nazis, or because they were hindering the establishment of Stalinism in East Germany. [35][36] At this point, Gabk and Kubi did not know that Heydrich was wounded and thought the attack had failed.[37][29]. Heydrich was thought to be scheduled to transfer to occupied northern France and Belgium, with the intent to implement similar policies there. [166] The former President of Germany Joachim Gauck and the former German chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced support for the Center Against Expulsions. 54 w.e.April 1st. The takeover of these regions was accepted by the United Kingdom and France in the Munich Agreement. Nonetheless, the bomb severely wounded Heydrich when it detonated, its fragments ripping through the right rear fender and embedding fragmentation and fibers from the upholstery of the car into Heydrich, causing serious injuries to his left side, with major damage to his diaphragm, spleen, and lung, as well as a fractured rib. Ullstein Taschenbuch vlg., 2002 Pages 272-273, Overmans has made the following points in Deutsche militrische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg. According to Gregory Frumkin this presumably referred to aggregate German forces including those conscripted outside the 1937 German borders. The exiled government felt that it had to do something that would inspire the Czechoslovaks, as well as show the world that the Czechs and Slovaks were allies. [43] [76], Another important monument is in the form of a fountain, and symbolically commemorates the seven paratroopers. Marshall's figure for the Central Pacific is 273,000. Figures do not include POW deaths of 363,000 in Soviet captivity; these losses were listed separately by Overmans. The German invasion of the Soviet Union had stimulated acts of sabotage by Czech communists, leading to Heydrich's appointment. We all have to dance to the tune which is already on the drum. Heydrich, his face pale and contorted in pain, pointed toward the fleeing Slovak, saying, "Get that bastard! The Hahn's believe that the official German figure of 2 million deaths is a historical myth that lacks foundation. Notes: Figures include Waffen SS, Austrians, conscripted ethnic Germans, Volkssturm, and other paramilitary forces. -Civilian deaths- These are deaths due to natural causes not directly related to the war. Nothing will happen to you! In early 1945 the German High Command (OKW) prepared a summary of total losses up to January 31, 1945. Note: This category is intended solely for those members of the German armed forces killed as a result of their military service and not those executed during internal purges, or those who died in Allied custody post-war. Erika Steinbach, the current President of the Federation, provoked outrage when she supported the statements of other members of the expellee organization claiming that Hitler's attack on Poland was a response to Poland's policy. WebLt Gen Timothy Maude became the highest-ranking officer killed by foreign action since Gen Buckner when a passenger plane crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. -Germans remaining abroad-Includes expelled Germans who had emigrated to other countries or were in Denmark. Militrgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, United States Strategic Bombing Survey,Civilian Defense Division final report. - Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1958 See pages 102, 143,174,323 381, Rdiger Overmans- Personelle Verluste der deutschen Bevlkerung durch Flucht und Vertreibung. Nic se vm nestane! The oldest memorial is a plaque on Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street, Prague. Post Schramm put the total at 4,188,057. Below is a list of American general officers and flag officers who have been killed in The main points of Overy's analysis are as follows. [159], In 1958, the West German government statistical office put the losses of the ethnic Germans at 1,318,000 (886,000 civilians in the expulsions and 411,000 in the German military and 22,000 in the Hungarian and Romanian military). He was driven by SS-Oberscharfhrer Johannes Klein. Ursprnge, Arten und Folgen des Konstrukts "Bevlkerung" vor, im und nach dem "Dritten Reich" Zur Geschichte der deutschen Bevlkerungswissensch: Herausforderung Bevlkerung: zu Entwicklungen des modernen Denkens ber die Bevlkerung vor, im und nach dem Dritten Reich, Hubert, Michael, Deutschland im Wandel. On 4 September 1942, the bishop, the church's priests and senior lay leaders were taken to Kobylisy Shooting Range in a northern suburb of Prague and shot. [17] (transl. The following schedule compares the total dead and living POW according to Overmans at 12/31/1944 with the figures of the German High Command. (2) Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960, Page 78. [58][59], The Western Allies also took 134,000 German soldiers prisoner in North Africa[60] Neither the Czech government-in-exile nor the British SOE likely foresaw the possibility that the Germans would apply the principle of Sippenhaft (collective responsibility) on the scale they did in avenging Heydrich's assassination. According to Krivosheev "The figures in the Wehrmacht documents relating to Germany's war losses are therefore contradictory and unreliable. [30] For the entire year 1945 Overmans puts total losses at 1,540,000 (1,230,045 in the final battles; 57,495 in other theaters and 252,188 POW). WebLt. [40] A 1958 West German estimate put the military war dead of ethnic German(deutschen Bevlkerung) foreign nationals from east-central Europe in the German Armed Forces at 432,000 (Baltic States 15,000, Poland 108,000, Czechoslovakia 180,000, Hungary 32,000, Yugoslavia 40,000 and Romania 35,000)[41], Overmans does not include Russian volunteers in the Wehrmacht in his figures, only persons of German ancestry (Deutsche nach Abstammung). [31] Overmans 1,230,045 figure for the "final battles" includes (1) killed, (2) missing, (3) otherwise deceased "without prisoners of war", as is differentiated on p.272. Regarding the death due to partisan action, perhaps Generalleutnant Franz Krech is included. It was installed in 1968 in the Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa (UK). -Other, misc. The assassination attempt, code-named Operation Anthropoid, was carried out by resistance operatives Jozef Gabk and Jan Kubi on 27 May 1942. [49] Data from the Soviet Archives published by G. I. Krivosheev put the deaths in the USSR of German POWs at 450,600 including 356,700 in NKVD camps and 93,900 in transit. [20] Gabk and Kubi then moved to Pilsen to contact their allies, and from there on to Prague, where the attack was planned. The battle casualtry loss rate by rank for the US Army in World War II was: General Officer and all field grades 35 Captain 53 1st Lieutenant 105 2nd Lieutenant 204 Warrant Officer 8. The assailants initially hid with two Prague families and later took refuge in the Cathedral of Sts Cyril and Methodius (until 1935 the Karel Boromejsky Church)[60] a cathedral of the Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church in Prague. [12] Heydrich was chosen over Karl Hermann Frank as an assassination target due to his status as the acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia as well as his reputation for terrorizing local citizens. [70][71] On 5 August 1942, British foreign secretary Anthony Eden issued a declaration that Germany had destroyed the Munich Agreement. Mittler, Frankfurt am Main 1969 Pages 258-266, Great patriotic war of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945: a general outline - Moscow: Progress Publishers, [1974] Page 392, Die deutschen Vertreibungsverluste. [19] (Since German reunification, the records in the former GDR (East Germany) have become available to the WASt). WebOn 9 June 1942, the Germans committed the Lidice massacre; 199 men were killed, 195 women were deported to Ravensbrck concentration camp, and 95 children taken prisoner. [75], The National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror was created beneath the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in 1995. [162] However, there are fringe groups who attempt to trivialize the crimes of the Hitler period by comparing German losses to the Holocaust. However, the declaration did not commit the UK to Czechoslovakia's pre-Munich borders and did not declare the Munich agreement void ab initio as Czechoslovakia wanted, thus the statement has been questioned as a full repudiation of the deal. The World War II Databook, by John Ellis, 1993 p256. Amongst others, the German historian Wolfgang Benz believes that the use of the term "Bombing Holocaust" runs contrary to historical fact. The gap in vital statistics between the middle of 1944 and the end of 1945 was estimated. The gap in vital statistics between the middle of 1944 and the end of 1945 was estimated. After the battle, urda confirmed the identity of the dead Czech resistance fighters, including Kubi and Gabk. The Biennial report of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army issued in 1945 also estimated Japanese "battle dead" at 1.219 million. WebGreene is the highest-ranking officer to have been killed in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Civilian deaths, due to the flight and expulsion of Germans, Soviet war crimes and the forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union are disputed and range from 500,000[11][12][13] to over 2.0 million. A staggering Heydrich came towards Gabk, who dropped his Sten and tried to reach his bicycle, but was forced to abandon the attempt and took cover behind a telegraph pole, firing at Heydrich with his pistol. I HATE this guy. On 2 June, during a visit by Himmler, Heydrich reconciled himself to his fate by reciting a part of one of his father's operas: The world is just a barrel-organ which the Lord God turns Himself. The US military historian Stephen Ambrose was co-editor of the book Eisenhower and the German POWs in which he refutes Bacque's claims. WebRussia Countries with the Highest Total Casualties in World War II: Those totals do not include the more than 14 million Soviet soldiers who were wounded during the war. Comrades, surrender! With an introd. The German Red Cross reported in 2005 that the records of the military search service WAS list total Wehrmacht losses at 4.3 million men (3.1 million dead and 1.2 million missing) in World War II. Laurent Binet's novel HHhH (Himmlers Hirn heit Heydrich, or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich"), published in 2010 by Grasset & Fasquelle, chronicles the lives of Reinhard Heydrich and his assassins Jozef Gabk and Jan Kubi. He eventually escaped in December 1943, and in 1944 commanded VIII Corps in Normandy and later during Operation Market Garden. We are Czechs! Also, a memorial has been placed in Arisaig, Scotland, to the Czechoslovakian members of SOE who trained in that area, with a list of those killed and the missions in which they took part. Soviet sources reported that "In 1945 the German Army lost more than 1,000,000 men killed on the Soviet-German front alone."[34]. Source of figures: Gregory Frumkin. Figures do not include prisoners held by Allies. Some of the captured German generals are seen here at Trent Park There are thought to be only two "secret listeners" left alive from an original group of about 100. The authors say that only circumstantial evidence supports this allegation; the records of the SOE for the period have remained sealed and few medical records of Heydrich's condition and treatment have been preserved. [43] After the collapse of communism, data from the Soviet Archives became available concerning the deaths of German POWs in the USSR. It was published in 1976 in the Polish comic-book magazine Relax, as Zamach (The Assassination). PART I LAND Section A, ENEMY OPERATIONS. -POW still held by Allies- 1,750,000 POW from Germany within in the 1937 borders were still held by the allies in October 1946. [29], Heydrich and Klein leapt out of the shattered Mercedes with drawn pistols; Klein ran towards Kubi, who had staggered against the railings, while Heydrich went to Gabk, who stood paralyzed holding the Sten. [14][4][15] According to the German government Suchdienste (Search Service) there were 300,000 German victims (including Jews) of Nazi racial, political and religious persecution. (3) Erich Hampe "Der Zivile Luftschutz im Zweiten Weltkrieg" pp.138-142, The United States Strategic Bombing Survey gave three different figures for German air raid deaths, 1-The summary report of September 30, 1945 put total casualties for the entire period of the war at 305,000 killed and 780,000 wounded. [50], Hitler ordered an investigation and reprisals on the day of the assassination attempt, suggesting that Himmler send SS General Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski to Prague. In 1949 he published an article in the newspaper Die Zeit, in which he listed OKW Casualty Figures[21] these figures also appeared in a multi-volume edition of the OKW diaries. Universe, Inc. (July 13, 2005). Those remaining in 1950 became Polish citizens but were German nationals in 1939. Two others were also wounded by fragments of the same grenade Kubi, the Czech soldier who threw the grenade, and a bystander but neither was reported to have shown any sign of poisoning. Following the In 1992 when Overmans began the project, German military dead in the war listed at the military search service Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) were 4.3 million men (3.1 million confirmed dead and 1.2 missing and presumed dead). They also brought along urda, who tried to get them to surrender by shouting: "Kamardi, vzdejte se! 138 Squadron RAF at 22:00 on 28 December 1941. Frumkin put total German military dead and missing at 3,975,000: Germany (1937 borders) 3,500,000; Austria 230,000; 200,000 Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia; 40,000 from France, 3,700 from the Netherlands; 700 from Norway and 398 from Denmark. Based on his research Overmans believes that the total of 459,000 dead POWs listed in the files of. The research project involved taking a statistical sample of the confidential German military personnel records located at the (WASt). Page 202", "George C Marshall, Biennial reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War: 1 July 1939-30 June 1945. In post-war Germany the fate of civilians and prisoners of war has been a contentious topic. [7] During his role as de facto dictator of Bohemia and Moravia, Heydrich often drove with his chauffeur in a car with an open roof. (figures of Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare), The breakdown of Japanese military deaths, based on the Relief Bureau's figures, is available on the. Orthodox Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Photo of memorial outside door of the church, Reward poster for Sgt. 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[78], In October 2011, a memorial plaque was unveiled on residential block Porchester Gate (London), which housed the Czechoslovak military intelligence service and where the Operation Anthropoid was planned in October 1941.[79][80]. 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Two years after Heydrich's death, Operation Foxley, a similar assassination plan, was drawn up against Hitler, but not implemented. WebOn September 1, 1939 there were only 508 General Staff officers to fill the 589 General Staff positions. -Killed in 1945 land battles- This is a rough estimate made in 1956 for Germany in current post war borders, not including the former German territories in post war Poland. As Gabk took the opportunity to run, Klein returned from his fruitless chase of Kubi to help his wounded superior. Rdiger Overmans, Deutsche militrische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg. -Net immigration-German refugees were ethnic Germans of Eastern Europe who lived outside Germany in 1937 borders before the war. [6][7], Heydrich came to Prague to "strengthen policy, carry out countermeasures against resistance", and keep up production quotas of Czech motors and arms that were "extremely important to the German war effort". Hello Baron Lornito Mahinay, thanks for joining us, "Es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas! WebPages in category "German military personnel killed in World War II" The following 140 pages are in this category, out of 140 total. He was then transferred to the back of the truck on his stomach and taken to the emergency room at Bulovka Hospital. Adolf Eichmann. In the spring of 1945, as Russian tanks steamrolled towards Berlin, high-ranking Nazi officials began to weigh up their options. [8] Due to his brutal efficiency, Heydrich was nicknamed the Butcher of Prague, the Blond Beast, and the Hangman. [32], Monthly German military casualties at point of death per Overmans study. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He estimated total air raid deaths at 353,000. Herausgeber: Statistisches Bundesamt - Wiesbaden. [116][117], In 1951, Gregory Frumkin, who was throughout its existence the editor of the Statistical Year Book of the League of Nations, provided an assessment of German military losses based on a demographic analysis of the European population from 1939 to 1947. Germany (West). Like 2 Comments. The case of Ernst Rhm, the highest-ranking gay Nazi, presents an interesting study in the construction and containment of masculinity by the right. OKW Casualty Figures Sept 1, 1939 to Jan 31, 1945, Source of Figures: Percy Schramm Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht: 19401945: 8 Bde. Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960, Page78, In 1969, the West German military historian Burkhart Mller-Hillebrand (de) published the third volume of his study of the German Army in World War II Das Heer 19331945 that listed OKW casualty figures and his estimate of total German casualties. [55] The number of prisoners taken in the west in March and April was over 1,800,000,[56] more than double the 800,000 German soldiers who surrendered to the Russians in the last three or four months of the war. Bishop Gorazd took the blame for the actions in the church to minimize the reprisals among his flock, and even wrote letters to the Nazi authorities, who arrested him on 27 June 1942 and tortured him. [57] One reason for this huge difference, possibly the most important, was that German forces facing the Red Army tended to fight to the end for fear of Soviet captivity whereas German forces facing the Western Allies tended to surrender without putting up much if any resistance. [52] Hitler favoured killing 10,000 politically unreliable Czechs, but after he consulted Himmler, the idea was dropped because Czech territory was an important industrial zone for the German military, and indiscriminate killing could reduce the productivity of the region. They maintain that the figure is correct because it includes additional deaths from malnutrition and disease of those civilians subject to the expulsions. "[68] For comparison, in the Battle of Halbe on the Eastern Front from 24 April to 1 May 1945, over 30,000 German soldiers, out of a much smaller number encircled, were killed fighting the Red Army.[69]. [67] The men in the church had only pistols, while the attackers had machine guns, submachine guns, and hand grenades. Cyrila a Metodje 18. ervna 1942", "Martyr Gorazd of Prague, Bohemia and Moravo-Cilezsk", "Umlci a vojci: Frantiek Blsk, tvrce vojenskch pamtnk, panovnickch bust i Churchilla", "Work to begin on Czech fountain in Leamington which was built to remember war heroes", Arisaig, Czechoslovakian Special Operations Executive Training Memorial, "Plaque: Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile Military Intelligence Service", "Tady naplnovali atentt. Bevlkerungsbilanzen fr die deutschen Vertreibungsgebiete 1939/50. [11], Resistance movements were active from the very beginning of occupation in several other countries defeated in open warfare (Poland, Yugoslavia, and Greece), but the subjugated Czech lands remained relatively calm and produced significant amounts of materiel for Nazi Germany. (German Federal Statistical Office), The Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960, Page 78, Hans Sperling, Die Luftkriegsverluste whrend des zweiten Weltkriegs in Deutschland, Wirtschaft und Statistik October 1956, journal published by Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland. (German government Statistical Office), Die deutschen Vertreibungsverluste. [63] The casualties suffered by the Western Allies in making this contribution to the defeat of the Wehrmacht were relatively light, 164,590195,576 killed/missing, 537,590 wounded, and 78,680 taken prisoner,[64][65] a total loss of 780,860 to 811,846 to inflict a loss of 2.8 million prisoners on the German army. According to a report published by the Reuters News Agency, on July29 1945 highly confidential archives found at Flensburg, in the house of General Reinecke showed German losses up to November 30, 1944, as 3.6 million, detailed in the following schedule. A. OKW figures from 9/1/1939 to 12/31/1944, Source: Statistisches Jahrbuch fr die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1960, Page78, B. Contradictory accounts exist concerning whether sulfanilamide, a new antibacterial drug, was given; Gebhardt testified at his 1947 war crimes trial that it was not. 'German War Graves Commission'), is directed by the Federal Republic of Germany to record all the German fallen soldiers and maintain their graveyards abroad in 46 countries. by B5N2KATE 19 Apr 2008, 16:38, Return to German Strategy & General German Military Discussion. He believes that in addition to the 363,000 confirmed POW dead in the USSR. -Emigrated & murdered Jews- The Statistisches Bundesamt (German government Statistical Office) gave a total of 200,000 Jews who had emigrated or were murdered, they did not estimate those actually who were murdered. 4-The figures for Army wounded add up to 4,219,211. Mai 1974. They maintain the files of over 18 million men who served in the war. The Russian NKVD tortured a great [165] The Federation of Expellees initiated the formation of the Center Against Expulsions. by tigre 14 Mar 2008, 21:38, Post Klein tried to shoot at him, but dazed by the explosion, pressed the magazine release catch and the gun jammed.[30][31]. 1892-1946) was a top German military officer during World War II and part of the leadership cadre around Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. [45] Another suggestion was that Heydrich died of a massive pulmonary embolism (probably a fat embolism). - Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1958 pp.45-6, Percy Schramm Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht: 1940 - 1945: 8 Bde. volali parautist ped smrt", "Zprvy SS a gestapa o dobvn kostela sv. [61], It is worth noting that the allied armies which captured the 2.8 million German soldiers up to April 30, 1945, while Adolf Hitler was still alive and resisting as hard as he could, comprised at their peak 88 divisions,[62] with a peak strength in May 1945 of 2,639,377 in the US and 1,095,744 in the British and Canadian forces. [9], By late 1941, Germany under Hitler controlled almost all of continental Europe, and German forces were approaching Moscow. to which the paratroopers fired back and shouted: "Jsme ei! The following studies were published by the West German government estimating expulsion deaths. Gabk and Kubi, with seven other soldiers from Czechoslovakia's army-in-exile in the United Kingdom in two other groups named Silver A and Silver B (who had different missions), were flown from RAF Tangmere by a Halifax of No. [34] Gabk then escaped in a tram, reaching a local safe house. By the end of 1954, they had identified approximately 4 million military dead and missing (2,730,000 dead and 1,240,629 missing). This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Oldenbourg 2000. Bacque maintains that there has been a conspiracy by the United States to cover up these losses.
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