Chris Boonzaier Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi, Does anyone have an idea how many German soldiers served in 1870-71, how many were wounded, and how many were killed? Thanks chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 according to Osprey- 28,028 dead and 88,488 wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Hi, One source I had says 550 000 Germans mobilised. Wikipedia is waaaaay different.... 300 000 Regulars 900 000 Reserves and landwehr 120 000 dead 128 000 wounded Am not sure where those figures are from.... One sourc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 This seems like a very reasonable tabulation, from what seems to be an impecable source.... Official German Losses William F. Fox, Lt. Col. In the book… “Regimental Losses in the American Civil War 1861-1865” 797 950 German troops into battle 28.777 Killed or died of wounds 3.1% 85.482 Wounded. 14.138 Missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Missing? Where did Fox get his numbers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arb Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 To add to the confusion, I'll provide numbers for 1870/71 published 1922 in "Vom Sterben des Deutschen Offizierkorps", p. 75 by way of comparison to the casualites of WWI Total strength of the German Army: 42,420 officers, doctors and Beamte 1,451,992 NCOs and other ranks Total strength: 1,494,412 KIA or died of wounds: 2, 264 officers, etc, 39,149 NCOs , etc for a total of 41,413 Wounded: officers etc 4,239 NCOs, etc 84,304 for a total of 88,543 Grand Total of casualties: 6,503 officers, 123,453 NCOs, etc for a total of 129,956 Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well, the casualties are sort of close if one combines "missing" with KIA. David Stone and Warwo have numbers that are similar but I suspect its comparing apples to oranges as in one Bavarians and others are counted and in the other, only field units are counted. Looking more closely in the library this just goes to show you to recheck original sources. Stones' book is a fun read, but he used the 1973 Osprey book for a LOT of his OOB and casualty information. Warwo clearly looked wider and came to no conclusions. Hmmmmmmm........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Andy's strength figures from "Vom Sterben des Deutschen Offizierkorps" tally exactly in respect to those as given in Appendix 197 of volume 5 of the official history - Der Deutsch-Französische Krieg 1870-71. The total losses as given in Appendix 201 are again pretty much in agreement, with the figure for NCOs and soldiers being the same, although the total casulty figures for commissioned officers are given as 6157 plus 81 medical officers, 4 padres, 3 Zahlmeisters, 1 Intendance official and 1 Provisions official. These figures are totals as at the beginning of the occupation and do not take into consideration any casualties after that. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Missing? Where did Fox get his numbers? Hi, Fox published his book in 1889, and I am guessing he was just going on the prussian figures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Does anyone know the Served/Killed/Wounded numbers for WW1 ? It seems to swing between 13 000 000 and 15 000 000 served... am nor sure how they counted here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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