Russian Dead: Twelve To Fifteen Million
LONDON, May 9. A high Russian general told Reuter’s correspondent that Russia lost between 12,000,000 and 16,000.000 dead in the struggle which ended with Germany’s capitulation. Half of these were civilians.
“There were occasions,’’ said the general, "when we had to lose about half a million men at a time to save the army itself.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 110, 11 May 1945, Page 5
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