Fighting on the eastern front: WWII

[Kraxis]

It might not hav been clear, but my figures were totals.

Total casualties should indeed include non-violent and accidental deaths. That means starvation, cold (what about the many soldiers that died in the Winter War for instance?), accidents in production of warmateriel (when the increase of warproduction is significant it must be assumed that those that died in explosions for isntance would not have happened in peacetime), and a host of other reasons.

Demographic losses cannot be used in this case, however it can be used to broadly tell how many people the country could have had if the war hadn't happened.

[Randarkmaan]

Hmm... makes me remember something I once read...
It said that the Soviet war effort in World War II could be summed up in one word: sacrifice...
Pretty true actually.

Also, one thing that I believe the Russians learned during WWII is that in a REAL war you won't necessary have the time to train the soldiers how to clean their weapons to prevent them jamming, which can be evidenced in the simple, yet effective Soviet weapons requiring minimal maintenance.