how many germans were captured at stalingrad, and how many returned after the war?

Answer 1

90,000 Germans went into captivity along with an unknown number of Romanians, Italians and Hungarians.

In 1956 after Konrad Adenauer made it an international incident, the Soviets finally released the last of their German POW's. Only 5,000 of the original 90,000 captured at Stalingrad were still alive.

Tens of thousands of other Germans were captured in the campaigns following Stalingrad and suffered the same levels of attrition in Soviet Gulags and work camps.

Of note is the policy among the Allies to return German units surrending to Western Allied forces back to the Soviets if their units had spent the bulk of their war-time fighting in the East. Many Germans who thought they had found safety in the West were turned over to face the nearly 11 years of captivity in the Soviet Union. Talk about MIA's....

The true story of German POW experiences in the Soviet Union remains to be told to a broad audience.

Answer 2

The Battle of Stalingrad was fought by the German Sixth Army under the command of Friedrich von Paulus. The Sixth Army started out with quarter a million men (250,000 troops). After the German defeat at Stalingrad, 90,000 men surrendered to the Soviet forces, including von Paulus. All of the German prisoners were taken to the different labor camps within Russia. Most died during captivity, having to work under hard labor in adverse weather conditions, diseases, malnutrition, etc.. After World War II, only 5,000 men were still alive and were repatriated back to Germany.

Answer 3

Not sure how many were captured exactly but somewhere between 90 and 100 thousand. Around 5 thousand returned home after the war. They included Field Marshal Von Paulus, the commander of the German sixth army, promoted to Field Marshal by Hitler in the hopes that he would kill himself rather than surrender.

Answer 4

The estimated numbers is 90,000 Germans were taken prisoner at Stalingrad. The majority of these prisoners succumed to typhus epidemics during the first few months of captivity. Despite the mass deaths there was no policy of exterminating the prisoners. There are many cases of russian camp doctors trying to save the sick German POW's.
There were battlefield attrocities committed by Russian troops. However, the Soviets were interested in making them communists. Amongst the enlisted men it was largley a failure becasue of the poor camp and slave-labor conditions. The Soviets enjoyed much greater success in converting officers most of whom enjoyed better conditions than the enlisted prisoners.

Answer 5

my gramps was there. He came back to defend Berlin. Then he was captured and sent to Russia. Five years after the war he was released. Came back to Berlin and had my daddy as he was dying from tb which he got in prison camp. My dad had it too and almost died. He was a dude who walked behind tanks and fixed them. He was with a big division of tanks and they ended up coming back with less than half the number of guys and no tanks.

Answer 6

I scanned a few sources and the numbers range from a 95% to 97% mortality rate.

Answer 7

more then 200 000 where captured and about 70 000 came buck
home after the war.

Answer 8

Big military mistake.
250,000 men. I think 6. german army. 90,000 men surrendered .Nearly 85.000 can't come back to home. I dont know how many of them still alive.