World War II Diaries:The Complete War Report
1944 April
E56 Feb 25, 2018
"Hitler issues an order to the commanders on the Eastern Front encouraging them to achieve victory and saying the Russians have exhausted their strength and it's time to finally stop their advance. The German generals cannot believe what they read and consider the Fuhrer has lost his mind. In London, Churchill delivers in the House of Commons casualty figures suffered in the war so far. As regards the United Kingdom, 120,958 soldiers have been killed on the various fronts; 49,730 civilians by German bombing; and 26,317 crew members of merchant ships. With respect to the British Commonwealth, 12,298 Australian soldiers have died, 9209 Canadian, 5912 Indians, 5622 New Zealand troops and 3107 South Africans. In total, the death toll exceeds 233,000 in a period of just over four years.