, 13:21Your answer: incompetence and poor leadership, something for which there are no proof. on Hitler and german intelligence in 1942, but it is unpublished so far. Bernd Wegner contribution to DRZW 6 is the standard work, in fact the only fully contribution.
Otherwise no one would start it.Īcademic literature on Blau is extremely scarce, as opposed to general/popular books on the eastern front. Other points: every military operation is based on the assumption, on the hope, that it would succeed. It is you that are simply disregarding, without any evidence, the rationale for Blau.
Only Wirbelwind was launched.Īlso perfectly sound, IMHO, was Blau as conceived in April (and that is my main criticism to your ATL): if the germans make your proposed series of offensives in the OTL, instead of Blau, i would say it was a reasonable choice. Anyway, some of them where in fact planned as local operations: Derfflinger and Orkan/Wirbelwind. Your answer: incompetence and poor leadership, something for which there are no proof. The original and supplementary records have since been transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Administration located at: 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.Your argument is NOT unsound, but at the time no one (to my knowledge) proposed that the main thrust of any summer offensive needed to be in the color areas of your map. Each sailor or marine’s service number, rank, rate, casualty code, and date of casualty are listed. Listed beneath each campaign are the ships and units in alphabetic order followed by the personnel casualties by last number.
Navy and Marine Corps Records branch (Bureau of Naval Personnel) still maintains the Navy and Marine Corps’ 1947 IBM printout arranged chronologically by campaign annotating the official World War 2 casualty accounting. Armed Forces as well as a number of records regarding other nations. National Archives has a number of World War 2 Casualty resources that range across the U.S. The totals below should be treated as approximate figures. Specifically, the fall of Communism and the opening of records in the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and other countries have helped modern historians make a better accounting of the number of civilian casualties suffered during World War 2.
ARMYĪs time moves on, and previously closed records become released the full toll of World War 2 on the civilian populations has become better recognized. The only Medal of Honor ever awarded to a member of the US Coast Guard was during World War 2. 42 of the medals were awarded for action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (15) and 27 during the Battle of Iwo Jima. During World War 2 a total of 464 Medal of Honors were awarded with 266 of those posthumously. Based on the nature of the medal it is commonly awarded posthumously (after death). In order to receive the medal, the individual must have put their own life at risk while performing beyond the call of duty against an enemy of the U.S. Government to members of the armed forces. Civil War and is the highest military award or decoration presented by the Picture of graves decorated with flags at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day 2008. Medal of Honor was first created during the U.S. Military World War 2 Medal of Honor Recipients World War 2 Casualties (Military Deaths) NATION The totals listed are approximate and based on a variety of sources. World War 2 Casualties (Pie Chart) Piechart showing percentage of military and civilian deaths during World War II for the Allied and the Axis Powers. Depending on the definitions placed on deaths or casualties that resulted from warfare or crimes against humanity by historians, the figures will vary across resources. Within Poland, the IPN (Polish Institute of National Remembrance) places their estimated war dead between 5.6 and 5.8 million people. Current estimates now show that the number of war dead within the postwar borders total 26.6 million individuals. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there has been a significant amount of research conducted regarding the topic of World War 2 casualties with the resulting opening of previously closed scholarly resources. History of Accounting for the War Dead from World War 2 8 World War 2 Casualties (Civilian Deaths).5 World War 2 Casualties (Military Deaths).1 History of Accounting for the War Dead from World War 2.