THE GERMAN
          MILITARY AND ECONOMIC POSITION
                       DECEMBER 194I
 
               Summary and Conclusion
 
A. GERMAN MILITARY POSITION
 
    Upon the outbreak of hostilities, in 1939, the German armed forces totaled about 2 million
men. In June 1941 they totaled 9 million, of whom about half have been engaged on the Eastern
front. A tentative estimate places German battle casualties in the war against Russia at 1,500,000
killed, wounded, and missing to December 10. This figure excludes what is probably a
considerable loss clue to disease, exposure, arid other nonbattle causes. To some extent these
losses have been filled by new recruits.
    The following table summarizes the limited available data on the German position with respect
to material.
 
                    On hand,  Production          Estimated
                         June 1941           Rate              Losses
                              (Monthly)      (June-
                                             December
                                                1941
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Airplanes (combat)            24,000    1,960               4,500
Tanks                    30,000       1,000-1,700        (I)
Artillery:
     Antiaircraft        9,000          150              (I)
     Other               13,500    235              (I)
Trucks                 (I)             10,000                 (I)
 
(I) No estimate