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«Irretrievable losses» means personnel were either killed (KIA) or lost (MIA) and didn't participate further battles anymore. «Medical losses» mean a wounded personnel beign dead in a hospital or during evacuation to a hospital. Abbreviations: RD — Rifle Division CD — Cavalry Division MD — Mechanized Division MSD — Motorised Division TD — Tank Division TBr — Tank Brigade RBr — Rifle Brigade ABr — Airbone Brigade FS — Fortified Sector Baltic strategic defensive operation (June 22 — July 9) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | North-Western Front (whole period) | RD — 19
MD — 2
TD — 4
RBr — 1
ABr — 3
FS — 1 | 440 000 | 73 924 | 13 284 | 87 208 | | Elements of Baltic Fleet (whole period) | N/A | 58 000 | 1 278 | 71 | 1349 | | Total | divisions — 25
brigades — 4
FS — 1 | 398 000 | 75 202 | 13 355 | 88 557 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 14 divisions and 1 brigade.
Total duration — 18 days.
Front length — 350–450 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 400–450 km.
Averade daily casualties — 4 916 men. | Belorussian strategic defensive operation (June 22 — July 9) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Western Front (whole period) | RD — 24
CD — 2
MD — 6
TD — 12
ABr — 3
FS — 8 | 625 000 | 341 012 | 76 717 | 417 729 | | Pinskaya flotilla (whole period) | N/A | 2 300 | 61 | N/A | 61 | | Total | divisions — 44
brigades — 3
FS — 8 | 627 300 | 341 073 | 76 717 | 417 790 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 45 divisions.
Total duration — 18 days.
Front length — 450–800 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 450–600 km.
Averade daily casualties — 23 210 men. | Lvov-Chernovitsk strategic defensive operation (June 22 — July 9) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | South-Western Front (whole period) | RD — 32
CD — 2
MD — 8
TD — 16
ABr — 3
FS — 14 | 864 600 | 165 452 | 65 755 | 213 207 | | 18th Army of Southern Front (June 25 — July 6) | N/A | N/A | 6 871 | 3 516 | 10 387 | | Total | divisions — 58
brigades — 3
FS — 14 | 864 600 | 172 323 | 69 271 | 223 594 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 12 divisions, 6 brigades and HQ of 18th Army.
Total duration — 18 days.
Front length — 600–700 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 300–350 km.
Averade daily casualties — 16 106 men. | Defensive operation in Trans-polar and Karelia (June 29 — October 10) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Northern Front (June 29 — August 23) | RD — 8
TD — 1
RBr — 1
FS — 1 | 358 390 | 36 822 | 35 714 | 72 536 | | Karelian Front (August 23 — October 10) | N/A | N/A | 29 856 | 32 336 | 62 192 | | 7th Independent Army (September 25 — October 10) | Structure, strength and casualties are included in data of Northern and Karelian Fronts | | Baltic flotilla and elements of Northern Fleet (September 1 — October 1) | N/A | N/A | 587 | 398 | 985 | | Total | divisions — 9
brigades — 1
FS — 7 | 358 390 | 67 265 | 68 448 | 135 713 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 10 divisions, 5 brigades and Belomor flotilla.
Total duration — 104 days.
Front length — 800 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 50–150 km.
Averade daily casualties — 1 305 men. | Kiev strategic defensive operation (July 7 — September 26) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | South-Western Front (whole period) | RD — 96
CD — 1
MD — 4
TD — 13
ABr — 6
FS — 12 | 627 000 | 531 471 | 54 127 | 585 598 | | 21st Army of Central Front (August 20 — September 26) | N/A | N/A | 31 792 | 3 793 | 35 585 | | 6th and 12th Armies of Southern Front (August 20 — September 26) | N/A | N/A | 52 900 | 26 320 | 79 220 | | Elements of Pinskaya flotilla (August 10 — September 20) | N/A | N/A | 141 | 0 | 141 | | Total | divisions — 44
brigades — 6
FS — 12 | 627 000 | 616 304 | 84 240 | 700 544 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 21st Army of Central Front, 6th and 12th Armies of Southern Front, 37th 38th and 40th Armies which were formed as elements of South-Western Front, total units: 28 divisions and 4 brigades.
Total duration — 82 days.
Front length — 300 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 600 km.
Averade daily casualties — 8 543 men. | Leningrad strategic defensive operation (July 10 — September 30) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Northern Front (July 10 — August 23) | RD — 7
TD — 2
MD — 1
RBr — 1
FS — 6 | 153 000 | 40 491 | 15 044 | 55 535 | | North-Western Front (July 10 — September 30) | RD — 23
TD — 5
MD — 4
RBr — 3
ABr — 3
FS — 3 | 272 000 | 96 953 | 47 835 | 144 788 | | Leningrad Front (August 23 — September 30) | N/A | N/A | 65 629 | 50 787 | 116 316 | | 52nd Independent Army (September 1 — September 30) | N/A | N/A | 1 721 | 2 389 | 4 110 | | Baltic Fleet (whole period) | N/A | 92 000 | 9 384 | 14 793 | 24 177 | | Total | divisions — 42
brigades — 7
FS — 9 | 517 000 | 214 078 | 130 848 | 344 925 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 20 divisions and HQs of 5 armies.
Total duration — 83 days.
Front length — 450 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 270–300 km.
Averade daily casualties — 4 155 men. | Smolensk battle (July 10 — September 10) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Western Front (whole period) | RD — 49
MD — 6
TD — 11
ABr — 2
FS — 2 | 579 400 | 309 959 | 159 625 | 469 584 | | Central Front (July 26 — August 25) | N/A | N/A | 79 216 | 28 009 | 107 225 | | Reserve Front (July 30 — September 10) | N/A | N/A | 50 972 | 28 603 | 79 575 | | Pinskaya flotilla (whole period) | N/A | 2 200 | 250 | 193 | 443 | | Total | divisions — 66
brigades — 2
FS — 6 | 581 600 | 486 171 | 273 803 | 759 974 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 59 divisions, 2 brigades, HQs of Central, Reserve, and Bryansk Fronts, HQs of 9 armies.
Total duration — 63 days.
Front length — 600–650 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 200–250 km.
Averade daily casualties — 12 063 men. | Donbass-Rostov strategic defensive operation (September 29 — November 16) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Southern Front (whole period) | RD — 20
CD — 3
TBr — 4
FS — 4 | 491 500 | 132 014 | 15 356 | 147 370 | | 6th Army of South-Western Front (whole period) | RD — 3
CD — 2
TBr — 2 | 45 000 | 11 201 | 1 862 | 13 063 | | Azov flotilla (September 29 — November 1) | N/A | 5 100 | 98 | 45 | 143 | | Total | divisions — 28
brigades — 6
FS — 1 | 541 600 | 143 313 | 17 263 | 160 576 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: HQ of 56th Independent Army.
Total duration — 49 days.
Front length — 400–670 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 150–300 km.
Averade daily casualties — 3 277 men. | Moscow strategic defensive operation (September 30 — December 5) | Units and date of operation | Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation | Losses, men | | Amount of units | Strength, men | Irretrievable | Medical | Total | | Western Front (October 1 — December 5) | RD — 31
MSD — 2
CD — 3
RBr — 1
TBr — 4
FS — 2 | 558 000 | 254 726 | 55 514 | 310 240 | | Reserve Front (October 1 — October 12) | RD — 28
CD — 2
TBr — 5 | 448 000 | 127 566 | 61 195 | 188 761 | | Bryansk Front (September 30 — 10 November) | RD — 25
CD — 4
TD — 1
TBr — 4 | 244 000 | 103 378 | 6 537 | 109 915 | | Kalinin Front (October 20 — December 5) | N/A | N/A | 28 668 | 20 695 | 49 363 | | Total | divisions — 96
brigades — 14
FS — 2 | 1 250 000 | 514 338 | 143 941 | 658 279 | In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 34 divisions, 40 brigades, HQ of Kalinin Front, HQ of 1st Shock Army, HQs of 5th, 10th, and 16th armies.
Total duration — 67 days.
Front length — 700–1100 km.
Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces — 250–300 km.
Averade daily casualties — 9 825 men. | Source: G. Krivosheev «Grif sekretnosti snyat», 1993. |
