Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2021/February
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German casualties
Rüdiger Overmanns over estimation of German World War 2 deaths should not be represented as fact when in fact they aresomewhat controversial. For instance he believes that some 410,000 German soldiers died in the final battles in Germany in 1945 on the Western Front when that is simply not possible due to the general lack of heavy fighting in that area of the front at that time. The offical number still cited by the German government is 4,440,000 total deaths broke down as 3,760,000 German, 261,000 Austrian and 432,000 eastern conscripts and other Europeans. These are based on estimates, military records and demographic studies after the war. FaladaHart78 (talk) 18:02, 6 February 2021 (UTC)FaladaHart78
Catholic clergy deaths
The article says under the "Non-Jews persecuted and killed by Nazi and Nazi-affiliated forces" section "Between 1,000 and 2,000 Roman Catholic clergy, [...] perished in Nazi prisons and camps." But the source linked from the article doesn't support that. The source's numbers are only about Dachau, not all camps. "For example, the following table illustrates the number of clergy incarcerated in the concentration camp at Dachau:". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.63.254.27 (talk) 23:41, 28 February 2021 (UTC)