German Manpower and Casualties. Reports by C.I.C. 35/1 and 35/2

and our estimates of casualties, we consider that in the German armed forces and the civilian population together there remain some 5,780,000 men of that description. Of these, about 250,000 are in the German Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst). Moreover, we know from experience and direct intelligence that a substantial, though undeterminable, number has been deferred for essential civilian employment, despite every effort to meet the urgent demands of the armed forces. To offset this deficiency the Germans have resorted to the use of older and of less fit men and the recruitment of Volksdeutsche and other foreigners.