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The Axis armies suffered casualties of 290,000 to 362,000 men; the losses are uncertain but it is estimated that the German army suffered 8,500 men killed during the campaign and the Italians 3,700 men killed; another 40,000 to 50,000 Axis soldiers were wounded.{{sfn|Atkinson|2004|p=537}} In the British official history, Playfair wrote that the Allies took 238,243 unwounded prisoners; 101,784 German, 89,442 Italian and 47,017 others.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=460}} In 2004, Rick Atkinson wrote that a quarter of a million prisoners is a reasonable estimate.{{sfn|Atkinson|2004|p=537}} Playfair wrote that G. F. Howe, the American official historian, recorded the capture of 275,000 Axis soldiers, an 18th Army Group calculation of 244,500 prisoners (including 157,000 Germans), that Rommel estimated 130,000 Germans were taken prisoner and Arnim estimated 100,000 German and 200,000 Italian prisoners of war.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=460}} [[John Mosier]] quotes 74,500 Germans captured in May 1943.{{sfn|Mosier|2010|p=208}}{{full citation needed}} So there seems to be a distinction between the entire campaign and the last few weeks when the when the majority of the Axis forces were captured.
The ''Luftwaffe'' lost 2,422+ aircraft in the Mediterranean theatre from November 1942 – May 1943 (41 per cent of the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}}).{{sfn|Glantz|1995|loc=ch 10}} At least 1,045 aircraft were destroyed; from 22 to 30 November 1942, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} flew 1,084 sorties losing 63 aircraft, including 21 destroyed on the ground. The {{lang|it|Regia Aeronautica}} recorded the loss of four.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=179}} From 1 to 12 December, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} flew 1,000 sorties and lost 37 aircraft, including nine on the ground, while the Italians recorded the loss of ten more.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=186}} From 13 to 26 December, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} flew 1,030 sorties and lost 17 aircraft, while the Italians lost three.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=189}} From 27 December 1942 to 17 January 1943, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} lost 47 aeroplanes; {{lang|it|Regia Aeronautica}} losses are unknown.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=278}} From 18 January to 13 February, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} lost another 100 aircraft but Italian losses are unknown.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=284}} From 14 February to 28 March, 136 German aeroplanes were lost and the {{lang|it|Regia Aeronautica}} lost 22 more.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=355}} From 29 March to 21 April, 270 {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} aeroplanes were destroyed and 46 "operational aircraft and almost their entire remaining air transport fleet" was lost.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|p=401}} From 22 April until the end, the {{lang|de|Luftwaffe}} lost 273 aircraft; 42 bombers, 166 fighters, 52 transport aircraft, 13 {{lang|de|Storch}} observation aircraft and the Italians recorded the loss of 17 aeroplanes; 600+ aircraft were captured by the Allies.{{sfn|Playfair|2004|pp=460–461}}
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