The below figures include only those killed, not those taken prisoners or wounded.

Year Dead
1939 - 1940 102.033
1941 356.528
1942 566.947
1943 789.752
1944 1.756.256
1945 1.287.540
Total 4.859.056
Note. Deaths in the POW-camps are not included

Sources used

Rüdiger Overmans - Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg