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The immense German onslaught hit the ill-prepared Red army on June 22,1941. As the Wermacht stormed the fortress near the town of Brest, the Luftwaffe ruthlessly bombed the still sleeping Kiev. The war had began. Hitler had just made the biggest mistake of his life. Red Army Casualties, 1941-1945 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total Armed Forces Losses, June 1941- May 1945 �Killed in battle or died during evacuation: 5,187,190 �Mortally wounded (and died later): 1,100,327 �Died of illness (nonbattle): 541,920 � Missing in action or captured: 4,455,620 �Non-mortal wounds: 15,205,592 �Non-mortal illness and frostbite: 3,138,556 �Total Armed Forces Casualties: 29, 629, 205 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Equipment Losses, June 1941 - May 1945 �Tanks and self-propelled Guns: 96,500 �Artillery: 218,000 �Aircraft: 88,300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soviet Losses in the Major Battles of the War The Defense of Kiev (July-September 1941): 700,564 casualties; 411 tanks, 28, 419 artillery pieces, and 343 planes Battle of Smolensk (July-September 1941): 344,926 casualties; 1,348 tanks, 9,290 artillery pieces, and 903 planes The Defense of Moscow (September-November 1941): 658, 279 casualties; 2,785 tanks, 3,832 artillery pieces, and 293 planes Siege of Sevastopol (October 1941-July 1942): 200,481 casualties; no data on equipment losses Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive (January-April 1942): 776, 889 casualties; 957 tanks, 7,296 artillery pieces, and 550 planes Battle of Stalingrad (July-November 1942): 643, 842 casualties; 1, 426 tanks, 12, 137 artillery pieces, and 2,063 planes Stalingrad Offensive (November 1942-February 1943): 485,777 casualties; 2,915 tanks, 3,591 artillery pieces, and 706 planes Kharkov-Belgorod Offensive (March-August 1943): 255, 566 casualties; 1,864 tanks, 423 artillery pieces, and 153 planes Battle of Kursk (May-July 1943): 177, 847 casualties; 1,614 tanks, 3,929 artillery pieces, and 459 planes Lower Dneipr Offensive (September-December 1943): 754, 392 casualties; 2,639 tanks, 3,125 artillery pieces, and 430 planes Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive (January-April 1944): 313, 953 casualties; 462 tanks, 1,832 artillery pieces, and 260 planes Crimean Offensive (April-May 1944): 84, 819 casualties; 171 tanks, 521 artillery pieces, and 179 planes Belorussian Offensive (June-August 1944): 770, 888 casualties; 2,957 tanks, 2,447 artillery pieces, and 822 planes Baltic Offensive (September-November 1944): 280, 090 casualties; 522 tanks, 2,593 artillery pieces, and 779 planes Budapest Offensive (October 1944-February 1945): 320, 082 casualties; 1,766 tanks, 4,127 artillery pieces, and 293 planes Vistula-Oder Offensive (January-February 1945): 194,191 casualties; 1,267 tanks, 374 artillery pieces, and 343 planes East Prussian Offensive (January-April 1945): 584, 778 casualties; 3,525 tanks, 1,644 artillery pieces, and 1,450 planes Vienna Offensive (March-April 1945): 177,745 casualties; 603 tanks, 764 artillery pieces, and 614 planes Berlin Offensive (April-May 1945): 361, 367 casualties; 1,997 tanks, 2,108 artillery pieces, and 917 planes Prague Offensive (May 1945): 52, 498 casualties; 373 tanks, 1,006 artillery pieces, and 80 planes | ||||||||||||||||
| The Russian Resurgent: Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad | |||||||||||||||||
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