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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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To: pierrem15

There’s a superb book to read on the Kriegsmarine’s U-Boat service called “Iron Coffins”. It talked about their 75% KIA rate but the book claims they were never hurting for volunteers.


44 posted on 04/19/2018 2:20:13 PM PDT by Reily
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