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For every one hundred Soviet soldiers taken prisoner by the Germans during WWII only three ever survived to return to their homeland in 1945 - only 3%

For example, during the Battle of Kiev (1941) the German spearhead encircled the 5th, 37th, 26th armies, and separate detachments of 38th and 21st.

This mean that between 452,700 and 600,000 soldiers were captured with other loses nearby bumping the number to nearly three-quarters of a million.

Working on that, you'd expect between only 13,500 and 22,500* to return from the original total, and that's before you actually include those killed in battle too.

*Obviously that's working off just an average, so could be more or less by a margin of 10% you'd expect.
 
I for one welcome my forthcoming visit to Botany Bay.

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It is seventy-five years since the surrender by the Empire of the Japan although the ceremony didn't take place until the 2nd of September aboard the USS Missouri.

For me, it's close to a travesty that VE Day, while being so important itself, received so much focus whereas VJ day - the end of the war - is almost a side thought.

No wonder the Fourteenth Army called themselves the forgotten army when in reality the fighting and the conditions was unlike any other of our campaigns.

When you go home don't worry about what to tell your loved ones and friends about service in Asia. No one will know where you were, or where it is if you do. You are, and will remain "The Forgotten Army."
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PhilM said:
It is seventy-five years since the surrender by the Empire of the Japan although the ceremony didn't take place until the 2nd of September aboard the USS Missouri.

For me, it's close to a travesty that VE Day, while being so important itself, received so much focus whereas VJ day - the end of the war - is almost a side thought.

No wonder the Fourteenth Army called themselves the forgotten army when in reality the fighting and the conditions was unlike any other of our campaigns.
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I'm sure my ears haven't deceived me but arent many news outlets calling it victory in the Pacific now, not VJ day...yesterdays enemies are todays friends
 

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