Antony Beevor - D-Day - The Battle for Normandy

visit of Colonel Vassilievsky, Arthur Reddish, A Tank Soldier’s Story , privately published, undated, p. 56

‘are still on the Soviet-German front’, Major General Galaktionov, Pravda , 23 June

‘We know where…’, Ilya Ehrenburg, ‘The West Wind’, Pravda , 11 June

p. 242 ‘immediately deserted to the enemy’, Generalleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz, LXXXIV Corps, FMS B-418; and Oberst Eugen König, 91st Luftlande-Division, FMS B-010

‘to gain experience…’, NA II 407/427/ 24203

‘The prisoners we captured’, T/Sergeant Laurence E. Ousley, 330th Infantry, 83rd Division, NA II 407/427/24242

‘We no longer have…’, NA II 407/427/ 6431

p. 243 ‘Fallen for Greater Germany’, Jean-Claude Perrigault and Rolf Meister, Götz von Berlichingen — Normandie , Bayeux, 2005, p. 267

‘The Germans haven’t much left…’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France 1944 , New York, 2000, p. 23

LXXXIV Corps daily losses, General Dietrich von Choltitz, De Sebastopol à Paris , Paris, 1964, p. 184

‘After having been…’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 10 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.)Inf.Div., 13 273 B, BfZ-SS

p. 246 ‘to gain suitable terrain…’, NA II 407/427/24232

attack of 30th Infantry Division, 7 July, NA II 407/427/24232

p. 247 twelve Shermans knocked out, Pfc Bertrand J. Close, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS

‘ Meine Frau und …’, Robert T. Gravelin, 23rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS

p. 248 ‘terriblemess’, NA II 407/427/24232

‘because of the element…’, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24037

4th Division in marshland fighting, Major Yarborough, NA II 407/427/6431

p. 249 ‘The Germans are staying…’, General Barton, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/6431

‘in comparing the average American…’, NA II 407/427/24242

‘have no regard…’, NA II 407/427/ 24242

‘What do you want to do in Europe?’ TNA WO 171/337

‘Captivity is…’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 17 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.) Inf.Div., BfZ-SS

p. 250 ‘Colonel, that was…’, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 6431

‘Company G had…’, NA II 407/427/ 6431

p. 251 Panzer Lehr losses against British, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, FMS A-903

‘was not in a position…’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66

‘Because of its exhausted condition…’, Geyr von Schweppenburg, FMS B-466

p. 252 Panzer Lehr losses in American sector, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66

Panzer Lehr offensive, NA II 407/427/ 24232; and Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 67

schmutziger Buschkrieg ’, Peter Lieb, Konventioneller Krieg oder Weltanschauungskrieg? , Munich, 2007, p. 176

‘the only good Jerry soldiers…’, E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Folder Huch, William, DDEL

p. 253 ‘Keep moving…’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148

three times as many wounds, 9th Medical Battalion, NA II 407/427/7545 p. 254 ‘The sniper menace…’, NA II 407/ 427/24170

‘moles in the ground’, NA II 407/427/ 24242

German rapid counter-attacks, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106

p. 256 Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf, 3rd Paratroop Division, FMS B-541

p. 257 rhino tanks, Lieutenant John M. Wilder, ADC to General Hickey, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24242

‘I talked to enough men…’, Forrest C. Pogue, Pogue’s War , Lexington, Kentucky, p. 105

‘Our younger men…’, Lieutenant Samuel E. Belk III, 320th Infantry, 35th Division, NA II 407/427/24242

p. 258 ‘Practically all of the replacements…’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24021

‘Just before they…’, Paul Fussell, The Boys’ Crusade , New York, 2003, p. 108

p. 259 ‘a high probability…’, ibid., p. 110

‘Riflemen must leave…’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148

‘To get down fast…’, Robert B. Bradley, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, MdC TE 366

p. 260 ‘a sphygmomanometer…’, 29th Infantry Division, Combat Exhaustion Survey, June-August,NAII 407/427/24035/84 p. 262 ‘Krammer, a capable…’ and ‘a nice Heimatschuss ’, Obergefreiter Hans S. 15.7.44, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058 91.(LL.)Inf.Div. 13 273 B, BfZ-SS

‘apparently few…’, L. B. Kalinowsky, American Journal of Psychiatry , Vol. 107, 1950; and TNA WO 177/316

p. 263 ‘Ike is considerably less…’, Harry C. Butcher, Three Years with Eisenhower , London, 1946, p. 512

Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy , New York, 1983, pp. 268-9

p. 265 ‘a twenty-five centimeter…’, Erich Wohlgemut, quoted Hubert Meyer, The 12th SS , Vol. I, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 2005, p. 463

1st SS Panzergrenadier-Regiment, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West/Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831

p. 266 ‘wounded as well as dead’ and ‘No prisoners are taken…’, Alexander McKee, Caen: Anvil of Victory , London, 1965, pp. 199 and 197

Canadians and 43rd Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24200

‘Please do not hesitate…’, 25 June, PDDE, p. 1949

‘in maximum volume’, 25 June, ibid., p. 1952

p. 267 ‘There was high cloud…’, Lieutenant T. T. Ritson, RHA, diary

‘We could see…’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division

‘a magnificent spectacle’, W. Kingsley, IWM P424

‘I sat smoking a cigarette…’, Major Peter Griffin, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, letter 8 July, NAC/ANC R5067-0-0-E

‘The awful thing was…’, Captain Michael Bendix, Coldstream Guards, SWWEC 2000-356

‘The sight was frightening…’, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE 120 p. 268 ‘Imagine a rat…’, MdC TE 149

‘We had the impression…’, MdC TE 145

‘Monsieur le Curé…’, MdC TE 149

‘a grandiose procession…’, MdC TE 145 p. 269 6,000 casualties, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE120

350 deaths, CRHQ

Lieutenant Colonel Kraminov, MdC TE 246

bombing of Caen, ‘Observations on Bomber Command Attack on Caen, 7 July 1944’, TNA AIR 37/1255, quoted in D’Este, p. 315

p. 270 ‘a heap of ruins…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106

French squadrons, logbook of Roger Piroutet, MdC TE 262

‘There were all sorts of casualties…’, Rev. Jim Wisewell, 223 Field Ambulance, SWWEC T1141

p. 271 ‘a group of terrified…’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division

‘The Germans are leaving!’, André Heintz diary, MdC TE 32 (1-4)

p. 272 ‘Where is the River Orne?’, Max Maurin, MdC TE 77 (2)

Les Petites Soeurs des Pauvres, Mme Laberthe, MdC TE 74

‘At last…’, Major L. J. Massey, civil affairs team, MdC TE 167

Canadian captain and restaurant, Mme Lucie Corbasson, MdC TE 49

p. 273 ‘Most of the women…’, Sapper Douglas Waite, Royal Engineers, MdC TE 182

10 July parade, Place Saint-Martin, Henriette Guibé, MdC TE 237

p. 274 ‘Kalvarienberg’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/ 4832

‘a small, fiery…’, Michael Carver, Out of Step , London, 1989, p. 193

Sergeant W. Partridge, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, SWWEC 2006.419