Eastern front losses mapped

Dead and captured (missing) soldiers are counted.
Each dot represents 10 000 soldiers lost.
Blue - German
Orange - Soviet
Purple - Other Axis

Sources:
Г.Ф.Кривошеев, "Россия и СССР в войнах XX века: Потери вооруженных сил"
Rüdiger Overmans, "Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg."

Music:
Richard Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyries"
Some visual elements:
Paradox Interactive, "Hearts of Iron IV"

[alexandrekuritza]

Its scary to realize how the eastern front alone amounted for almost as many casualties as the entirety of world war I

[HobbyAsylum]

The initial speed of the offensive never ceases to amaze me

[jirivytlacil]

USSR literally lost more troops than my country has people... thats just horrible to imagine

[noice]

As a hoi4 player seeing Moscow that close gives me anxiety

[sndyedit]

26 million deaths... 16 of which were ordinary civilians...

[bigcaper]

"They had us in the first round not going to lie" - Stalin, probably

[cristianhugomunozcampos]

WW2 losses: Germany: 6 million
USSR: 30 million and they are still discussing what the real number WILL BE.

[unnamed]

scary thing: only after late 1944 did the germans start losing more troops than soviets

[pierrelapiou]

Just numbers for you. It was lifes with stories, suffering, pain and missing persons.

[josephstalin]

Soviet Soldiers casualties : 11-12, 000, 000
Soviet Civilian casualties : 17-20, 000, 000

[LB__]

Even when the tide turned in favor of the Soviets, their losses were staggering.

[bierdasbaum]

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.“

Edit: I never said this quote was from Stalin.

[Charlie-wmbl]

should probably mention that most a large amount of both sides “losses” are also captured soldiers and not deaths

[gradefalling]

The Soviet Union was reported to have found an infinite soldier glitch

[Astrokauza]

music: hearts of iron I - ride of the valkyrids

[cfrgvrd]

That's kinda weird to count only germans, considering there were also romanians, hungarians and finns

[Oldred]

В данной статистике не учтены потери союзников Германии: Италии, Румынии, Венгрии, Финляндии. Они тоже активно участвовали в военных действиях на Восточном фронте и несли потери. Следует также учитывать, что из 11.5 миллионов советских потерь, 3.5 миллиона - солдаты умершие в германском плену. Немцы преднамеренно не обеспечивали их в должной мере пищей и медицинской помощью. Согласно нацистскому плану "Ост", в оккупированной части России население требовалось сократить на 20 миллионов и евреи, цыгане, коммунисты, военнослужащие и члены их семей были первой целью на уничтожение. Уничтожение планировалось осуществлять не только прямым способом, но и созданием невыносимых условий для жизни. Кстати, газовые камеры немцы впервые испытали именно на советских военнопленных.

[SunTzuAD]

Germany Really said "Double it and give it to the next Person"

[cattrends]

These statistics do not take into account the losses of Germany's allies: Italy, Romania, Hungary, Finland. They also actively participated in military operations on the Eastern Front and suffered losses. It should also be borne in mind that out of 11.5 million Soviet losses, 3.5 million were soldiers who died in German captivity. The Germans deliberately did not provide them with adequate food and medical care. According to the Nazi Ost plan, the population in the occupied part of Russia had to be reduced by 20 million and Jews, Gypsies, communists, military personnel and their family members were the first target for destruction. The destruction was planned to be carried out not only in a direct way, but also by creating unbearable living conditions. By the way, the Germans first tested gas chambers on Soviet prisoners of war.

[Anthony-yndg]

I always think of the poor mothers that lost their child