Balaton Operation

German Losses According to Soviet Data. March 5-15, 1945

September 6, 2004
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Date Soldiers and officers Guns Mortars Machine-guns Automobiles Planes Burnt Knocked out
Tanks Armored Carriers Tanks Armored Carriers

4th Guards Army

Mar. 6 300 - - - - - - - 5 -
Mar. 07 220 - - 7 - - 1 - 2 -
Mar. 08-15 450 - - 3 - 1 - - - -

27th Army

Mar. 07-08 - - - - - - - - 3 -
Mar. 09 120 - - - - - - - 3 -
Mar. 10 1300 8 6 12 - - 28 - 24 5
Mar. 11 1000 - - - - - 8 16 19 8
Mar. 12 1800 4 14 - 2 - 26 12 40? 6
Mar. 13 1100 - - - - 1 23 8 21 12
Mar. 14 1000 - - 16 - - 13 5 13 4
Mar. 15 1000 2 2 29 - - 6 - 11 8

26th Army

Mar. 06 - - - - - - 27 4 23 4
Mar. 07 1450 - - - - - 12 - 42? 12
Mar. 08 1800 3 - 69 20 5 22 6 22 9
Mar. 09 2000 9 7 32 20 2 37 21 14 10
Mar. 10 1650 - - - - - 26 32 22 5
Mar. 11 1080 13 8 - 2 4 19 - 7 1
Mar. 12 480 1 - - 9 - 12 6 - -
Mar. 13 400 - 3 8 - 1 16 - 22 2
Mar. 14 1425 9 9 35 1 - 12 5 3 -
Mar. 15 1000 4 5 22 3 - 3 1 - -

57th Army

Mar. 06 700 17 - 6 - - 5 3 - -
Mar. 07 800 5 - 25 - 1 16 - - -
Mar. 08 900 6 - 20 - - - - 14 -
Mar. 09 1000 5 - 32 16 - 3 - 3 -
Mar. 10 800 2 2 15 - - 2 - 2 -
Mar. 11 1500 9 6 25 - - 4 - 5 -
Mar. 12 800 3 6 10 - - - - - -
Mar. 13 500 2 - 6 - - - - - -
Mar. 14 600 5 3 15 - - 2 - 1 -
Mar. 15 1000 5 6 16 - - 2 - 2 -
Total 28175 113*1 77 403 73 15 325 119 323 87*2
Reported to Moscow 28065 128 88 441 88 19 391 104 334 83

*1 - To my calculations - 112 (AMVAS)

*2 -  To my calculations - 86 (AMVAS)

    Units of the 17th Air Army shook down in fights 77 enemy planes. 96 enemy planes were shook down by antiaircraft artillery fire and the 17th Air Army altogether.


Literature:
  1. Photocopy of original inquiry provided by M. Kolomiets. (1.2Mb, PDF format)

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