time for a pot of black coffee and some fresh air G I Kirosheev Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses Greenhill 1997 ISBN 1 85367 280 7 lists the following official losses the data quoted by Overy Killed in Action and dead of wounds 6 330 000 non combat deaths 556 000 Those are confirmed losses reported to the high command by the fronts Estimated MIA were 500 000 and estimated POW dead 1 3 million The grand total was 8 6 million What a coincidence that this is exactly the same as Axis losses of 8 6 million as reported in Kirosheev The USSR losses were equal to the Axis on the Eastern front right or wrong Pow loses were 1 3 million right or wrong Check your numbers before you make a change Real losses of Pows were about 2 8 million and MIA were 500 000 Add that to 6 9 million confirmed dead and you are at 10 4 million That does not include losses of Partisans and Milita of 400 000 they must be included as military not civilian losses Berndd