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285 “ the behavior of”: Shirer, “ This Is Berlin ,” 289.

285 “ houses smashed”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 353–354.

286 “ But eyeing” and exchange with German nun: Ibid., 360.

286 He and two other reporters and account of tensions among American correspondents: Harsch, At the Hinge of History , 45.

286 “ Some of the correspondents”: Henry W. Flannery, Assignment to Berlin , 41.

287 “ when he has forced” and “ Every German soldier”: Lochner, “The Blitzkrieg in Belgium.”

287 “ A most discouraging”: Beam, unpublished manuscript.

287 “ France did not fight”: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 434.

288 “ He folded his arms” and rest of Hitler at Napoleon’s tomb: Pierre J. Huss, The Foe We Face , 210–212.

289 “ It was Hitler triumphant” and rest of July 19 event, including Kirk’s reaction: Harsch, At the Hinge of History , 49–50.

289 “ The little groups”: Harsch, Pattern of Conquest , 53–54.

290 “ The loot of”: Ibid., 45–46.

290 “ These Germans”: Ibid., 46–47.

290 “ a violent anti-Nazi” and rest of Schultz’s observations on German women: Schultz, Germany Will Try It Again , 143–146.

291 “ books and magazines”: Flannery, 115.

291 “ The word illegitimate ”: Ibid., 114.

292 “ their murder of” and “ After weeks of”: Ibid., 110–111.

292 “ I was one of”: Ibid., 13.

293 “ human interest” and other Delaney quotes: Edward L. Delaney, Five Decades Before Dawn , 58.

293 “ wanton, premeditated”: Ibid., 85.

293 “ He has a diseased” and other Shirer remarks about Americans working for German radio: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 528–529.

294 “ swept by” and “ hiking club” episode: John Carver Edwards, Berlin Calling: American Broadcasters in Service to the Third Reich , 8–9.

294 On June 25, 1933: Postcard from and clippings about Frederick Kaltenbach, Frederick W. Kaltenbach Papers, box 1, Hoover.

294 “ Dear Harry”: Edwards, 11.

294 “ Roosevelt, himself an off-spring”: Horst J. P. Bergmeier and Rainer E. Lotz, Hitler’s Airwaves: The Inside Story of Nazi Radio Broadcasting and Propaganda Swing , 61.

295 “ nervous breakdown” and other Katharine Smith quotes about Chandler: Katharine Smith’s memoir in Truman Smith Papers, boxes 4 and 16, Hoover.

295 “ ponytails and dirndls”: Kätchen Coley interviewed by author.

295 Delaney, Kaltenbach and Chandler along with details of their fates: Bergmeier and Lotz, 45–64.

296 “ a beginner” and details of Mildred’s applications: Brysac, Resisting Hitler , 258.

296 One of Mildred’s jobs and Mildred’s reported role in escapes: Ibid., 245. Also Anne Nelson, Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler , 163–164.

296 Her husband Arvid and relationship with Heath: Ibid., 224–227.

296 “ a German patriot”: Ibid., 266. A similar argument is made by Anne Nelson in Red Orchestra.

297 “ Harnack never”: Ibid., 264.

297 But Brysac documented and rest of Korotkov-Harnack story, including Korotkov quote and Harnack’s first intelligence report: Ibid., 261–267.

297 They also weren’t helped: Ibid., 307.

297 In late August and estimate of arrests: Ibid., 329.

297 “ loss of honor” and other verdicts: Ibid., 359; rest of Mildred’s story, 359–379.

298 “ And I have loved”: Ibid., 379.

298 “ When a new number” and account of Lovell’s activities, including dinner with military attachés: Harsch, At the Hinge of History , 54–55.

299 “ Just imagine” and rest of Schultz-Boehmer exchange: Schultz, 162–163.

299 “ the best immediate defense” and fireside chat: Jonas, 248.

300 “ the severest bombing yet” and rest of Shirer’s account of bombing on September 10: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 503–504.

301 “ Night Crime” and other headline: Ibid., 509.

301 “ Except for”: Flannery, 151.

301 “ But after the Russian campaign” and “ No, I just had bad news” and depression: Ibid., 378–380.

302 “Mein Gott” and “ I thought I was gone”: Ibid., 384–385.

302 “ I love my wife” and exchange with woman plastic surgeon: Schultz, 138–139.

302 Angus Thuermer and story of third floor apartment and Jewish visitor: Angus Thuermer interviewed by author.

303 Howard K. Smith and Heppler episode: Howard K. Smith, 184–187.

304 “ The increasingly desperate”: Kennan, 106.

304 “ Time proved him”: Beam, unpublished manuscript.

304 Aside from taking on: Kennan, 106. (Kennan estimated that the U.S. represented the interests of eleven countries by the time of Pearl Harbor.)

304 “ I felt that”: Harsch, At the Hinge of History , 56.

305 “ you must never”: Huss, 214.

305 “ the hottest game” and “ Everything else”: Ibid., ix–x.

305 “ Many times I heard her say”: Harsch, At the Hinge of History , 55.

305 “ knew everything”: Howard K. Smith, 226.

306 “ on suspicion of espionage” and rest of Hottelet’s account: Richard C. Hottelet, “Guest of Gestapo,” San Francisco Chronicle , Aug. 3, 1941; Hottelet interviewed by author.

306 “ Had he been” and other Smith comments about Hottelet: Howard K. Smith, 226–227.

306 Beam, who: Beam, unpublished manuscript.

307 “ Your situation is”: Howard K. Smith, 346.

307 “ Czech patriots”: Ibid., 348.

307 “ utterly vapid”: Ibid., 349.

307 Like other American reporters: Ibid., 344.

308 “ We who have been” and on German character: Shirer, Berlin Diary , 584–585.

309 “ I am firmly convinced”: Ibid., 591–592.

309 “ The question before” and “ The alternative”: Harsch, Pattern of Conquest , 303–304.

309 Huss interviewed Hitler with quotes and description: Huss, 279–300.

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311 “The similarities” and rest of descriptions and quotes on December 7 and immediate aftermath: Kennan, Memoirs , 134–135.

311 It was a titanic struggle and statistics on battle for Moscow: Andrew Nagorski, The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II , 2.

312 “ General Mud and General Cold”: Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova, eds., A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army, 1941–1945 , 223.

312 Germany an economic powerhouse: Kershaw, Hitler, 1936–1945: Nemesis , 434.

313 “ We can’t lose”: Ibid., 442.

313 “ We are all”: Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance , 605.

313 “ To me the best tidings”: Richard M. Langworth, ed., Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations , 132.