400,000 CASUALTIES.
British Estimate Of Nazi
Losses In War. BERLIN FIGURES RIDICULED. British Official Wireless. (Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, July 4. The recent German official statement of casualties is treated with scepticism in authoritative circles. The Germans etate that they lost 10,00'J killed between May 10 and June 4, and 17,000 killed between June 5 and June 25, as French resistance was very slight during the latter period.
It is improbable that the German losses were greater than during the earlier period when the Dutch, Belgians, French and British were all lighting, but it is significant that the German wirelees on May 25 asked the public to realise that the German casualties to that date were not as high as on the Somme in 1916, when the total casualties were estimated at 600,000. Although calculations are difficult, it is estimated in London that the German casualties from May 10 to the end of the war in France totalled 400,000.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 7
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159400,000 CASUALTIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 158, 5 July 1940, Page 7
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