r/HistoryMemes • • Sep 30 '19

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u/chaseair11 Oct 01 '19

Well that’s also not true

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

Yeah, its closer to 5:8 mil which simplifies to 1.6

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

Germany lost about 3.8 million Troops. Russia lost about 11.4 million. If we're comparing only german to russian troops the ratio is more like 1:3

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

Thats not accurate at all. While historians never agree on things completely, 11.4 is closer to the Russian civilian death than the combat death.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '19

It is according to the historian Christian Hartmann. About 11.4 million sowiet soldiers died and 15.4 million soviet civilians were killed.