суббота, 26 ноября 2016 г.

Casualties of Denmark in World War II



August 29, 1943. The Luftwaffe bombed the Danish battleship of coastal defense Nils Juel during Operations "Safari" - attempts to divert the Danish fleet in Sweden during the second occupation of Denmark. .

 After studying various sources, probably collected more or less complete figures on losses Danes in World War II.

1. The sailors who died during the Northern and Atlantic convoys - 1 850 people.
2. Fatalities in the ranks of the Danish Free Corps and other parts of the Wehrmacht - 1 750 people.
3. Civilians killed by Allied bombs - 900 people.
4. Danish underground, executed by the Nazis - 850.
5. The underground and the Jews who died in concentration camps - 600 people.
6. Soldiers of the Danish team, who fought in the British Army - 100 people.
7. Collaborators, shot by sentence of the courts after the war - 48 people.
8. Danish Army Soldiers who died in battles with the Germans morning of April 9, 1940 - 39 people. 9. Soldiers of the Danish army, who died in the defense of the Danish Parliament building during the operation "Safari" 29 August 1943 - 13 people.



Total - about 6 150 peoples ..


 April 18, 1944. Copenhagen. Burning building of the local Gestapo, subjected to bombardment by the RAF aircraft.

In addition, during 1945, in refugee camps, which were evacuated from the Baltic and East Prussia civilians of German nationality (operation "Hannibal") died from disease and starvation 13,000 people. In a large part of the children.

Last Dane returned from Soviet captivity in the summer of 1953.

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