July 1943

Eastern Front

Over the entire front the Germans have 2,500 combat aircraft against 8,300 Soviet planes, a ratio of 3.3:1 against. During July along the German armies in the east have lost 197,000 ment but receive only 90,000 replacements, a shortfall of more than 100,000 men in a single month.

The Germans add a panzer-grenadier and infantry division to their order of battle while 2 motorized divisions are re-designated panzer-grenadier divisions. Total German strength in the east stands at 16 panzer, 13 panzer-grenadier and 150 infantry divisions.