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Losses of the Red Army and Red Naval Fleet in 1941.

Baltic strategical defensive operation (June 22 - July 9)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
North-Western Front (whole period)	RD - 19 MD - 2 TD - 4 RBr - 1 ABr - 3 FS - 1	440 000	73 924	13 284	87 208
Elements of Baltic Fleet (whole period)	N/A	58 000	1 278	71	1349
Total	divisions - 25 brigades - 4 FS - 1	398 000	75 202	13 355	88 557
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 14 divisions and 1 brigade. Total duration - 18 days. Front length - 350-450 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 400-450 km. Averade daily casualties - 4 916 men.

Byelorussian strategical defensive operation (June 22 - July 9)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Western Front (whole period)	RD - 24 CD - 2 MD - 6 TD - 12 ABr - 3 FS - 8	625 000	341 012	76 717	417 729
Pinskaya flotilla (whole period)	N/A	2 300	61	N/A	61
Total	divisions - 44 brigades - 3 FS - 8	627 300	341 073	76 717	417 790
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 45 divisions. Total duration - 18 days. Front length - 450-800 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 450-600 km. Averade daily casualties - 23 210 men.

Lvov-Chernovitsk strategical defensive operation (June 22 - July 9)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
South-Western Front (whole period)	RD - 32 CD - 2 MD - 8 TD - 16 ABr - 3 FS - 14	864 600	165 452	65 755	213 207
18th Army of Southern Front (June 25 - July 6)	N/A	N/A	6 871	3 516	10 387
Total	divisions - 58 brigades - 3 FS - 14	864 600	172 323	69 271	223 594
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 12 divisions, 6 brigades and HQ of 18th Army. Total duration - 18 days. Front length - 600-700 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 300-350 km. Averade daily casualties - 16 106 men.

Defensive operation in Trans-polar and Karelia (June 29 - October 10)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Northern Front (June 29 - August 23)	RD - 8 TD - 1 RBr - 1 FS - 1	358 390	36 822	35 714	72 536
Karelian Front (August 23 - October 10)	N/A	N/A	29 856	32 336	62 192
7th Independent Army (September 25 - October 10)	Structure, strength and casualties are included in data of Northern and Karelian Fronts
Baltic flotilla and elements of Northern Fleet (September 1 - October 1)	N/A	N/A	587	398	985
Total	divisions - 9 brigades - 1 FS - 7	358 390	67 265	68 448	135 713
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 10 divisions, 5 brigades and Belomor flotilla. Total duration - 104 days. Front length - 800 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 50-150 km. Averade daily casualties - 1 305 men.

Kiev strategical defensive operation (July 7 - September 26)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
South-Western Front (whole period)	RD - 96 CD - 1 MD - 4 TD - 13 ABr - 6 FS - 12	627 000	531 471	54 127	585 598
21st Army of Central Front (August 20 - September 26)	N/A	N/A	31 792	3 793	35 585
6th and 12th Armies of Southern Front (August 20 - September 26)	N/A	N/A	52 900	26 320	79 220
Elements of Pinskaya flotilla (August 10 - September 20)	N/A	N/A	141	0	141
Total	divisions - 44 brigades - 6 FS - 12	627 000	616 304	84 240	700 544
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 21st Army of Central Front, 6th and 12th Armies of Southern Front, 37th 38th and 40th Armies which were formed as elements of South-Western Front, total units: 28 divisions and 4 brigades. Total duration - 82 days. Front length - 300 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 600 km. Averade daily casualties - 8 543 men.

Leningrad strategical defensive operation (July 10 - September 30)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Northern Front (July 10 - August 23)	RD - 7 TD - 2 MD - 1 RBr - 1 FS - 6	153 000	40 491	15 044	55 535
North-Western Front (July 10 - September 30)	RD - 23 TD - 5 MD - 4 RBr - 3 ABr - 3 FS - 3	272 000	96 953	47 835	144 788
Leningrad Front (August 23 - September 30)	N/A	N/A	65 629	50 787	116 316
52nd Independent Army (September 1 - September 30)	N/A	N/A	1 721	2 389	4 110
Baltic Fleet (whole period)	N/A	92 000	9 384	14 793	24 177
Total	divisions - 42 brigades - 7 FS - 9	517 000	214 078	130 848	344 925
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 20 divisions and HQs of 5 armies. Total duration - 83 days. Front length - 450 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 270-300 km. Averade daily casualties - 4 155 men.

Smolensk battle (July 10 - September 10)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Western Front (whole period)	RD - 49 MD - 6 TD - 11 ABr - 2 FS - 2	579 400	309 959	159 625	469 584
Central Front (July 26 - August 25)	N/A	N/A	79 216	28 009	107 225
Reserve Front (July 30 - September 10)	N/A	N/A	50 972	28 603	79 575
Pinskaya flotilla (whole period)	N/A	2 200	250	193	443
Total	divisions - 66 brigades - 2 FS - 6	581 600	486 171	273 803	759 974
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 59 divisions, 2 brigades, HQs of Central, Reserve, and Bryansk Fronts, HQs of 9 armies. Total duration - 63 days. Front length - 600-650 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 200-250 km. Averade daily casualties - 12 063 men.

Donbass-Rostov strategical defensive operation (September 29 - November 16)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Southern Front (whole period)	RD - 20 CD - 3 TBr - 4 FS - 4	491 500	132 014	15 356	147 370
6th Army of South-Western Front (whole period)	RD - 3 CD - 2 TBr - 2	45 000	11 201	1 862	13 063
Azov flotilla (September 29 - November 1)	N/A	5 100	98	45	143
Total	divisions - 28 brigades - 6 FS - 1	541 600	143 313	17 263	160 576
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: HQ of 56th Independent Army. Total duration - 49 days. Front length - 400-670 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 150-300 km. Averade daily casualties - 3 277 men.

Moscow strategical defensive operation (September 30 - December 5)

Units and date of operation	Strength of Soviet troops at the beginning of operation		Losses, men
Units and date of operation	Amount of units	Strength, men	Irretrievable	Medical	Total
Western Front (October 1 - December 5)	RD - 31 MSD - 2 CD - 3 RBr - 1 TBr - 4 FS - 2	558 000	254 726	55 514	310 240
Reserve Front (October 1 - October 12)	RD - 28 CD - 2 TBr - 5	448 000	127 566	61 195	188 761
Bryansk Front (September 30 - 10 November)	RD - 25 CD - 4 TD - 1 TBr - 4	244 000	103 378	6 537	109 915
Kalinin Front (October 20 - December 5)	N/A	N/A	28 668	20 695	49 363
Total	divisions - 96 brigades - 14 FS - 2	1 250 000	514 338	143 941	658 279
In addition, during the battles there were put into action: 34 divisions, 40 brigades, HQ of Kalinin Front, HQ of 1st Shock Army, HQs of 5th, 10th, and 16th armies. Total duration - 67 days. Front length - 700-1100 km. Deep of retreatment of Soviet forces - 250-300 km. Averade daily casualties - 9 825 men.

Abbreviations:

RD - Rifle Division
CD - Cavalry Division
MD - Mechanized Division
MSD - Motorised Division
TD - Tank Division
TBr - Tank Brigade
RBr - Rifle Brigade
ABr - Airbone Brigade
FS - Fortified Sector

Sources:
G.Krivosheev "Grif sekretnosti snyat", 1993.

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