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Published: 04 March 2011 04 March 2011
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Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
The below figures include only those killed, not those taken prisoners or wounded.
| Year of birth |
Dead |
| 1900 and before |
228.947 |
| 1901 - 1905 |
347.201 |
| 1906 - 1910 |
837.699 |
| 1911 - 1915 |
1.045.128 |
| 1916 - 1920 |
909.280 |
| 1921 and later |
1.490.801 |
| Total |
4.859.056 |
| (POW) |
| 1900 and before |
59.363 |
| 1901 - 1905 |
92.528 |
| 1906 - 1910 |
85.264 |
| 1911 - 1915 |
81.561 |
| 1916 - 1920 |
45.165 |
| 1921 and later |
95.594 |
| Total |
5.318.531 |
Sources used
Rüdiger Overmans - Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg
