Both sides practised widespread scorched earth tactics, but the loss of civilian lives in the case of Germany was incomparably smaller than that of the Soviet Union, in which at least 20 million were killed.
양쪽은 초토화 작전을 실행하지만, 소련의 민간인 손실은 독일과는 비교도 되지 않을 정도로 많아, 최소 2천만 명이 사망했다.