In Ivan's War, the author states that Soviet troops died at a ratio of 25:1 against German troops. How accurate is that fact?

by nowlan101
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Absolutely inaccurate. The Germans lost 10,758,000 men in the East, according to Glantz. The USSR had 162 million people before the war, a ratio of 25:1 would mean that the Germans would have had to kill everyone in the USSR and then some. Glantz counts 14.7 million dead from the Red Army, which, when combined with troops from other Axis nations, makes the total loss ratio 1.17:1 in favour of the Axis.