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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
Actually your facts are far from correct as I've actually not only been to Volgograd, but often. I've gone through the war memorial tour many times, one of the best I've ever seen. I've also been in the city center on May 9.
The real numbers told to me were actually closer to 1.1 million. When the Germans surrounded the city there were 800k civilians blocked in and after the battle/war there were only 1500 accountable. That's some heavy collateral damage.
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I said Dead Soldiers. You're including Civilian deaths. Either way, it sucks to be stuck in a war zone.
Only about 5,000 of the captured German troops were ever returned home, and it took over 10 years after the war ended for that to happen. As far as I've been able to find out, that number includes the Hungarian and Romanian troops that fought with the Germans at Volgagrad.