Also many of the German soldiers were not from Germany, but from Austria and various other countries (the Volksdeutsche, like my grandfather conscripted in Poland).
That's not even counting all the soldiers who weren't even actually Germans at all. Like the many foreign SS units, the Ost Legions, or the Soviet "helpers" as they called them.
Source "German population 1939", look it up.
Also many of the German soldiers were not from Germany, but from Austria and various other countries (the Volksdeutsche, like my grandfather conscripted in Poland).
That's not even counting all the soldiers who weren't even actually Germans at all. Like the many foreign SS units, the Ost Legions, or the Soviet "helpers" as they called them.