As the Einsatzgruppen only consisted of 3000 men, including...

...non-combatants, how did they manage to kill 1m+? All from Raul Hilberg's authoritative DotEJ

"The total strength of the Einsatzgruppen was about 3,000 men."
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2xIiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+total+strength+of+the+Einsatzgruppen+was+about+3,000+men.%22&dq=%22The+total+strength+of+the+Einsatzgruppen+was+about+3,000+men.%22&hl=en&ei=IEzkTYD9M5Sy8QOF5KScBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ

"Einsatzgruppe A, incidentally, was the largest group (with 990 people)

172 vehicle drivers,
3 women employees,
51 interpreters,
3 teletypewriter operators
8 radio operators,
About 750 combatants

The smallest was Einsatzgruppe D, which had 400 to 500 men"
http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=IEzkTYD9M5Sy8QOF5KScBw&ct=result&id=2xIiAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22The+total+strength+of+the+Einsatzgruppen+was+about+3%2C000+men.%22&q=%22Einsatzgruppe+A%2C+incidentally%2C+was+the+largest+group.+The+smallest+was+Einsatzgruppe+D%2C+which+had+400+to+500+men%22#search_anchor
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How did so very few Einsatzgruppen (only four groups A-D, with 2,500ish combatants in total), whose main purpose was to fight the Partisans who were attacking the German troops. Also find the time to round up and kill over a million Jews?
 
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