"The Gradual Obliteration Of the German Army (1944-45)" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 May 2018 11:36 a.m. PST |
Took my attention this….
"…A Belgrade resident looks at a dead German soldier. Brothers Jugovic Street (city center). 19-20 October 1944. In the battle of Belgrade itself the defending Germans, Italians, Chetniks lost 18,000 (killed) men. The loss of the Red Army – about 900 men, People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia lost (though they actually were in the second tier) – about 2,200 men…."
Defending; 18.000 casualties.
Attacking: 3.100 casualties. Hum…!
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 Whirlwind  | 16 May 2018 2:56 a.m. PST |
IIRC didn't Dupuy find that, very counter-intuitively, in urban fighting the defenders generally lost 4 times as many men as the attackers? |
| Tango01 | 16 May 2018 10:58 a.m. PST |
Seems this is not the case… or they lie… (smile) Amicalement
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| Whirlwind | 16 May 2018 11:48 a.m. PST |
Well the figures you mentioned would sort of bear out that he was right. Unless they lied, naturally. |
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