Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Friday 13 October 1939, page 1


POLISH WAR

German Losses

ZURICH, Thursday.

The newspaper, "Arbeiter Zeitung," publishes confidential statistics drawn up by the German War Ministry, re- vealing that the German losses in Po-

land were 91,278 killed, 63,417 seri-ously and 85,938 slightly wounded.

Herr Hitler in a recent speech gave

the casualties as 10,576 killed, 30,222 wounded and 3,400 missing.

The newspaper adds that 190 Ger- man tanks .'were destroyed and 361 damaged, while aeroplane losses were

89 fighters, 216 light bombers, 107 heavy bombers--and nine observation

machines.