Re: Why so many American military defeats/humiliations since 1945?
Yes...
Germany invaded Soviet Union in June 1941 with 75% of their military....
But once the Germans got embroiled in massive fighting against the Russians, another 15% were send to the Russian Front.
Germany only had 50,000 men in North Africa.
When the Allies invaded Italy in July 1943, Germany only send 200,000 men to deal with them.
By June 1944, Germany had lost nearly 4 million men.
1 Million were killed, 2 million were wounded and could no longer fight and another 1 million were taken prisoner.
Germany had 6 Million men left.
Of which 400,000 were in France, 200,000 were in Italy and the rest around 5,500,000 were in Eastern Front.
By august 1944,
Germany had lost nearly 200,000 men in France and 800,000 in the Eastern Front.
German man power is down to 5 million men.
Germans add another 1 million men to their forces mostly de-commissioned pilots and naval officers.
Germany increases the size of the forces fighting the allies by 500,000 from 200,000 so a total of 700,000 German troops were now facing the allies in September 1944 and around 5 million were facing the Soviets.
By December 1944, Germany had lost another 500,000 men either being killed, captured or wounded.
Their man power was now, on the Western Front, down to 500,000 and on the East it was down to 4 million men.
Germany uses the last of its reserves to launch a massive counter attack agasint the Allies in Ardennes on december 16, 1944. The attack uses nearly 500,000 men. In the end, over 100,000 german troops were casualties.
The Germans withdraw across the Rhine.
On the East, The Soviets launch their massive counter attack on January 12. From January 1945 to March 1945, The Germans lose nearly 1 million men on the East.
Their strength is now down to 3 Million men in the Eastern Front and 500,000 on the Western Front with 150,000 fighting in Italy.
The Allies break cross the Rhine and en-circle the Germans in Ruhr trapping 300,000-350,000 and they surrender.
While on the Eastern Front, the Russians launch a massive attack to capture Berlin. When they capture Berlin, nearly 700,000 German casualties are incurred of which 300,000 are dead and and 400,000 are wounded.
When Germany surrenders.
It has only 100,000 men in Arms on the Western Front, 50,000 in Italy, and around 1,500,000 in the Eastern Front mostly in the Army Group Center in Prague.
So thats a brief summary.
In Total,
Germany lost 90% of its military fighting the Russians and 10% fighting the Allies.
Casualties: Dead + wounded + prisoners + missing
Germany lost around 40,000 men from May 1940-June 1940 fighting the Western Allies
Germany lost around 50,000 men in North African Campaign
Germany lost around 100,000 men in the Italian Campaign
Germany lost around 200,000 men in Normandy
Germany lost around 150,000 men in Western Offensives from September 1944-December1944
Germany lost around 100,000 men in Ardennes counter-attack
German Navy: 130,000 men
German air force in West: 50,000 men
TOTAL German casualites fighting the Western Allies: rougly around 850,000
Eastern Front:
June 1941 - December 1941: 500,000 men
December 1941 - June 1942: 200,000 men
June 1942 - February 1943: 1,000,000 men
February 1943 - July 1943: 300,000 men
July 1943 - September 1943: 500,000 men
September 1943 - Dec 1943: 500,000 men
Dec 1943 - June 1944: 700,000 men
June 1944 - August 1944: 800,000 men
August 1944 - December 1944 500,000 men
December 1944 - March 1945 1,500,000 men
March 1945 - May 1945 900,000 men
TOTAL German casualties fighting the Soviets: close to 8,000,000
So its slightly less than 90%.
These Statistics are not teached to students to highschools and universities in Canada or USA because they are biased in their viewpoint as to who really defeated the Germans.
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