Losses per theater
| Theater | Dead | % |
| Africa | 16.066 | 0,3 |
| Balkans | 103.693 | 1,9 |
| North | 30.165 | 0,6 |
| West | 339.957 | 6,4 |
| Italy | 150.660 | 2,8 |
| Eastern Front (- Dec 1944) | 2.742.909 | 51,6 |
| Germany (1945) | 1.230.045 | 23,1 |
| Various | 245.561 | 4,6 |
| Total | 4.859.056 |
| POWs held by | Dead | % | % of number imprisoned |
| France | 34.033 | 0,6 | 3,6 |
| UK | 21.033 | 0,4 | 0,5 |
| US | 22.000 | 0,4 | 0,7 |
| USSR | 363.343 | 6,8 | 11,8 |
| Yugoslavia | 11.000 | 0,2 | 5,8 |
| Various | 8.066 | 0,2 | 4,7 |
| Total deaths among POW | 459.475 | ||
| Total deaths | 5.318.531 |
Source: "Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg" by Rüdiger Overmans
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