2007-03-19 00:39:13 · 7 answers · asked by taurus witch 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Please read this article in Wiki once more carefully. Not 1,7 millions but 10,7 millions men were Russia's military loses. Another 11 mio were civilians... Incredible numbers!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
It stands in the big table there.
2007-03-19 21:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by Wladimir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your first respondant has it correct. He deserves Best Answer.
If you are really interested, watch the Jude Law movie, "Enemy at the Gates". It's incredible. Imagine an entire city under seige for 900 days! You have very little food, hardly any electricity.... ever! It's freezing 1/3 of the year, and there is no money, comfort, or even basic necessities.
There is a John Denver song called "What Are We Making Weapons For?" with the lyrics:
"I remember the 900 days of Leningrad
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
I remember the moments I prayed
I would never grow old"
2007-03-19 00:47:43 · answer #2 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The actual number of deaths are only known and kept by Russia. During the cold war Russia had strict policies about releasing statistics regarding their military
the 1,700,000 answer above me is a guesitimate provided by our pentagon officials
2007-03-19 00:44:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An estimate two million not counting Russian civilian deaths.
2007-03-19 01:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by aiminhigh24u2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Millions died. Maybe 2 million killed by Germans,
more millions by the conditions of the war theatre.
The combined losses of the western euro-nations
is dwarfed by Russian losses.
Cannibalism was practiced by Russians and Japanese.
2007-03-19 00:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The wiki has a chart, Soviet Union, military: 1,700,000
compare to our Viet Nam
54,000
2007-03-19 00:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of them I think.
2007-03-19 00:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by Paladin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋