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To: pierrem15

Lousy way to go.

36 posted on 04/19/2018 1:01:04 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)

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To: wally_bert

Yeah. More or less being buried alive.

The KIA proportion of the U-Boat arm of the Kriegsmarine was 75%.

The US rate was about 20%.

US Air Force losses in Europe were also horrific, but I don't know the percentages.

43 posted on 04/19/2018 2:15:42 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")

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