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At the end of the war, Germany (including
the past has proved itself docile, obedient, in-
Austria) had approximately 8,200,000 men *
telligent and courageous; and German armies
under arms, all of whom the Allies immedi-
have been the best on the Eurasian continent
ately demobilized. Since 1945, these veterans
from a military point of view.
have had no training, and many have passed
An estimated one to two million former Ger-
into over-age categories. There are no reli-
man soldiers have not returned to Germany.
able records on current fitness or age groups,
With the exception of about one hundred
yet on the basis of population statistics, west-
thousand who have voluntarily remained in
ern Germany has a reservoir of approximately
France and other Western European countries
four million able-bodied men capable of mili-
as paid laborers, these are in the USSR and
tary service and eastern Germany approxi-
the satellite states. Of the total holdings of
mately two million. German manpower in
German PW in these countries, estimated at
over 3 million at the end of the war, around
* Estimated gross mobilization
17,900,000
"
960,000 have been repatriated SO far. It is
killed
2,750,000
"
disabled and discharged
believed that no more than 240,000 can be ex-
1,050,000
"
prisoners
12,900,000
pected to return home. The rest are either
"
escaped apprehension
500,000
dead or will be retained indefinitely to per-
"
hospital pool
700,000
form labor service.
ECRET
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