How many men died fighting for the Soviet Union in WWII?

World War II losses of the Soviet Union from all related causes were about 27,000,000 both civilian and military, although exact figures are disputed. A figure of 20 million was considered official during the Soviet era.

How many Soviet soldiers were executed?

According to official statistics, during World War II, Soviet tribunals convicted more than 2.5 million Soviet citizens, condemned 472,000 for “counter-revolutionary activity,” and executed 217,000.

How many people died in the Soviet Union?

Total number of victims

Event	Est. number of deaths
Soviet deportations	450,000–566,000
Katyn massacre	22,000
Holodomor	2,500,000–4,000,000
Kazakh famine of 1932–33	1,450,000

How many British soldiers died in ww2?

In WWII there were 384,000 soldiers killed in combat, but a higher civilian death toll (70,000, as opposed to 2,000 in WWI), largely due to German bombing raids during the Blitz: 40,000 civilians died in the seven-month period between September 1940 and May 1941, almost half of them in London.

How many British soldiers were executed for desertion in ww2?

By charge

Charge	Number
Desertion	266
Murder	37
Cowardice	18
Quitting a post without authority	7

What happened to Soviet soldiers after ww2?

During and after World War II freed POWs went to special “filtration camps” run by the NKVD. Of these, by 1944, more than 90\% were cleared, and about 8\% were arrested or condemned to serve in penal battalions. In 1944, they were sent directly to reserve military formations to be cleared by the NKVD.

How many German soldiers died in the battle of Stalingrad?

The Germans lost a total of 500,000 men during the Stalingrad campaign, including 91,000 taken prisoner.