How do countries hide their losses during wars?

Question

I know it is normal for countries to deflate their casualty numbers during war, but how do they do it? If for example 1000 soldiers are killed in a month, how could a government claim only 400 were killed without the public discover this to be a lie? Surley the families of the killed soldiers are promptly informed.

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Answer 1

They don’t for the most part. They just announce the acceptable number. And if third parties want to, they will calculate the expansions of cementries, the amount of obituaries online and other pretty obvious stuff