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From Odessa to Crimea, the Axis strategic retreat and heavy losses in 1944

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After World War II, according to the figures given by the German Führer Dönitz: by May 12, 1944, 11. 60,000 people. If this number refers purely to military personnel, it is very consistent with the Romanian website. Judging from the above data, the results claimed by the Soviet side are still relatively reliable: 100,000 enemy troops were annihilated on land, of which 61,587 were captured. The numbers are surprisingly consistent.

From Odessa to Crimea, the Axis strategic retreat and heavy losses in 1944

In Odessa and Crimea, a total of 76,800 German troops were "annihilated" and 72,270 captured. Throughout the third strike, 512 tanks, 30,050 artillery pieces, 9,740 mortars and machine guns, 15,500 vehicles of various kinds, nearly 60 aircraft, and 280 warehouses were captured.

From Odessa to Crimea, the Axis strategic retreat and heavy losses in 1944

The casualties of the Axis retreat at sea are more difficult to determine than land losses. The Soviet side claimed that from May 3 to 13 alone, 37,000 German officers and men were sunk and missing with the ship, and about 5,000 Were Romanian troops. The source of this figure cannot be checked at this time.

From Odessa to Crimea, the Axis strategic retreat and heavy losses in 1944

Most Western sources do not mention the evacuation losses. Only Romania said 11,000 people were sunk, including 4,000 Romanians, of whom 100,000 sank with the Teja and Torati.

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