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A Soviet soldier stands on top of the parliament building in Vienna, Austria, WW2, 1945
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No, I'm talking numbers on the front, not the strategic bombing campaigns, whose casualties are counted separately and are largely civilian.
... not by any considerable degree (apparently my initial assertion of a positive k/d ratio doesn't come into play until '44-'45). From '43-'45 the Sovs had about 4.5 million KIA on the Eastern Front, while the Nazis had ~3.5 million, with around 0.5 million contributed by their allies. 4.5 million vs. 4 million is hardly a stunning imbalance, especially when on the offensive.
... the Krivosheev study claims only 8.5 million dead or missing. 22 million is the number of wounded and sick, the vast majority of whom returned to duty.