IdahoNYer
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Joined: 9/6/2009 From: NYer living in Boise, ID Status: offline
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OK, screen shot shows the losses as of the beginning of turn 38; March 5, 1942 - official end of the blizzard So, some interesting figures. In the first 25 weeks of the war, from Jun 22nd through Dec 4th, the losses were as follows: German: Soviet 592,760 men 4,313,481 6911 guns 54,477 2820 AFV 14, 828 275,495 killed 816,841 7,956 captured 2,600,354 309,309 disabled 896,286 In the approx 14 weeks of blizzard, the losses were: German: Soviet 977,458 men 949,881 10,429 guns 10,203 1096 AFV 1558 125,873 killed 614,330 9,372 captured 65,620 842,213 disabled 269,631 What strikes me most from these figures (if my math is right) is the balance of losses during the blizzard - now this includes finishing off the Orel-Bryansk Pocket, but overall, the Germans didn't do too badly, getting almost a 1-1 loss rate overall. The other figure that strikes me is the very large number of Soviet killed - didn't expect that many at all! Still, the Germans can't affort 1-1 losses, blizzard or no blizzard.
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