article_snippet.sent: A second onslaught began in mid-August, but was forced to halt around a week later for a few days because of heavy casualties at the hands of the Red Army.
article_snippet.sent: In the first two weeks of October, more than 120,000 troops were evacuated, along with 1,000 trucks and 20,000 tons of ammunition.
article_snippet.sent: The Romanians lost nearly 18,000 troops while the Soviet Union lost around 16,000.
article_snippet.sent: Soviet troops were battered by up to 1,800 aerial sorties a day and were outnumbered by two to one on the ground.
article_snippet.sent: the Red Army, led by General I.E. Petrov, mustered 106,000 men, 600 artillery guns, 100 mortars and 38 tanks.
article_snippet.sent: The Germans, meanwhile, assembled 204,000 men, 670 artillery guns, 720 mortars, 655 anti-tank guns, 450 tanks and 600 aircraft.
article_snippet.sent: By the end of the siege, 90,000 Russian prisoners had been taken and 90,000 Russian prisoners lost the equivalent of two armies.