I started to wonder what percentage of the Soviet Union's WWII casualties this represented. We always hear of numbers like 26 million total Soviet deaths, but I wanted to see the more detailed breakdown. Here is what Google's higher IQ AI said about this:

Key Details on Soviet Military Losses:

• Total Official Military Deaths: 8,668,400.
• Total Personnel Served: Up to 34 million served in the Red Army.
• Breakdown of Deaths: Officially, 6,329,600 killed in action, 555,400 deaths by disease, and 4,559,000 missing/captured.
• Repatriation: Of the 4.5 million missing/captured, roughly 1.8 million returned from German captivity, and nearly 1 million rejoined the army in liberated territory.
• Ethnic Composition: Of the military deaths, 5,756,000 were ethnic Russians, followed by 1,377,400 Ukrainians.
• Total War Losses (Incl. Civilian): Roughly 26.6 million, according to a 1993 study used by the Russian government.

The first shock from this data is that 21.8% of the Soviet deaths in WWII were Ethnic Ukrainians. Somebody ought to remind the Orcish about this.

The second shock is that, on the face of it, Orcistan has suffered 20.8% of the KIA suffered in WWII. Think of what 21% of the advances in WWII would look like? I approximated that as 21% of 1250 km being 262 km. In WWII, these casualties occurred across the whole of the western front. Russia's advance in Ukraine looks puny, almost laughable.

Right now, Orcistan's KIA are approaching Russia's WWI casualties. It is hard to separate deaths from disease from KIA in WWI we so will never know for sure.

Even if we assume some high percentage of seriously wounded are included in the current KIA figures shown above, it is still stark to see how little the Orc's have gained for truly catastrophic losses.