Title: Bardia to Enfidaville

Author: Stevens, Major-General W. G.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1962, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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III: Axis Casualties, 23 October 1942–13 May 1943

These are estimates supplied by the Historical Section of the UK Cabinet Office, and represent killed and wounded only.

	German	Italian	Total
23 Oct 1942–19 Mar 1943 (Eighth Army sector)	22,000	19,000	41,000
8 Nov 1942–19 Mar 1943 (First Army sector)	3,000	1,500	4,500
20 Mar–5 May 1943 (18 Army Group)	23,200	12,600	35,800
6–10 May 1943 (18 Army Group)	9,000	1,000	10,000
	–	–	–
Total	57,200	34,100	91,300

Axis prisoners of war, from figures supplied by the same source.

	German	Italian	Total
23 Oct 1942–19 Mar 1943 (Eighth Army sector)	9,200	25,400	34,600
8 Nov 1942–19 Mar 1943 (First Army sector)	2,200	1,400	3,600
20 Mar–5 May 1943 (18 Army Group)	9,800	24,700	34,500
6 May–13 May 1943 (18 Army Group)	148,000	62,000	210,000
	–	–	–
Total	169,200	113,500	282,700