Antony Beevor: D-Day: The Battle for Normandy

‘One of Monty’s great errors…’, Air Chief Marshal Tedder, OCMH-FPP

‘Monty is supposed to have done a great job…’, Air Chief Marshal Coningham, OCMH-FPP

‘too tidy’, ‘the high cock on the dungheap’ and ‘Bradley was indignant…’, Brigadier E. T. Williams, G-2, 21st Army Group, OCMH-FPP

p. 480 ‘had to ask him categorically…’, Martin Blumenson (ed.), The Patton Papers, 1940-1945 , New York, 1974, p. 516

‘This Army covers so much…’, ibid., p. 517

p. 481 ‘pissed in the river that morning’, ibid., pp. 521-2

‘Go where you damn well…’,Major General Gilbert Cook, commanding XII Corps, Third Army, NA II 407/427/24241

De Gaulle’sunannounced journey, Wilson to SHAEF, 16 August, TNA ADM 1/ 16018

De Gaulle and the Flying Fortress, John Julius Norwich (ed.), The Duff Cooper Diaries , London, 2005, p. 318 (17 August)

‘We must march on Paris…’, Charles de Gaulle, OCMH-FPP

p. 482 Hitler and Choltitz, General Dietrich von Choltitz, De Sebastopol à Paris , Paris, 1964, pp. 203-9

‘Bedell, Ike and all hands…’, ACM Sir James Robb, OCMH-FPP

‘The worst job…’, TNA WO 208/4364, quoted in Sönke Neitzel (ed.), Tapping Hitler’s Generals , St Paul, Mn., p. 192

‘Have you read Churchill’s…’, TNA WO 208/4634

p. 483 ‘short of stature…’, Leutnant Dankwart, Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819 p. 484 25,000 soldiers, Generalleutnant Freiherr von Boineburg, FMS B-015

‘interpreter battalion…’, Oberst Professor Dr Kurt Hesse, FMS B-611

Bayerlein and Choltitz, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Panzer Lehr Division, ETHINT 66

p. 485 ‘the shining example…’, SHD-DAT 13 P 42 1

‘Along the rue Lafayette…’, Jean Galtier-Boissière, Mon journal pendant l’Occupation , Paris, 1944, p. 242

p. 486 ‘A deceptive calm reigned…’, Leutnant Dankwart Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819

‘create a permanent state…’, SHD-DAT 13 P 42 1

p. 487 ‘to cover the heroic defence…’, Leutnant Dankwart Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819

truce, SHD-DAT 13 P 42 1 p. 488 ‘for new missions’, NA II 407/427/ 24205

‘in the direction…’, SHD-DAT 11 P 226

‘What are we doing here?’, NA II 407/ 427/24082

p. 489 American liaison officer warns V Corps, SHD-DAT 11 P 226

Private Petrie, Tyneside Scottish, MdC TE97

p. 490 ‘We all know he’s lost the war…’, Rev. A. R. C. Leaney, IWM PP/MCR/206

‘the infantry captured…’, Lieutenant T. T. Ritson, RHA, diary

‘We took the same number…’, Jean Marius Vesque, MdC TE 401

‘smiles on their lips…’, anon., MdC TE 83

‘The explosive growth…’, Maître Quairé, MdC TE 469

p. 491 ‘every 11th Hussar…’, Myles Hildyard diary

‘Would you like a Panzer…’, Major General H. G. Woods, SWWEC LEEWW 2006.533

p. 492 ‘If you can’t do it, Bimbo…’, Omar Bradley, A Soldier’s Story , New York, 1951, p. 377

‘one of the greatest injustices…’, General Omar Bradley, OCMH-FPP

only 13 armoured vehicles found to have been destroyed by air attack, Operational Research Section reports, Joint Report No. 3 ‘Rocket-firing Typhoons in Close Support of Military Operations’, Operational Research in North-West Europe, TNA WO 291/1331

123 Wing, Desmond Scott, Typhoon Pilot , London, 1982, p. 129

‘Ferry points for the Seine crossing…’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66

p. 493 artillery horses swimming the Seine. Günter Peuckert, 272th Infanterie-Division, BA-MA MSg 2/5424

Fifth Panzer Army, Generalmajor Freiherr von Gersdorff, Chief of Staff Seventh Army, written answers submitted October 1945, NA II 407/427/24231

276thInfanterie-Divisionpioneers,Gefreiter Spiekerkötter, 2nd Pionier Kompanie, 256th Infantry Division, BA-MA MSg 2/ 5526

p. 494 ‘Paris should be declared…’, Major General Gilbert Cook, commanding XII Corps, Third Army, NA II 407/427/ 24241

‘between 4,000 and 5,000…’, NA II 407/ 427/24235

preparations to relieve Paris, Central Base Section, NA II 407/427/24201 p. 495 General Gerow’s briefing, V Corps, NA II 407/427/24235

p. 496 ‘I’ll make him talk…’, John Mowinckel, quoted in Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper, Paris after the Liberation, 1944-1949 , London, 1994, p. 46

‘They looked like…’, John G. Westover, MdC TE 436 (2)

p. 497 ‘Bradley was madder than…’, Blumenson (ed.), pp. 526-7

‘You are lucky’, Jean Lacouture, De Gaulle , New York, 1990, p. 568

p. 498 ‘Every barricade…’, Note de Service, 24 August, SHD-DAT 13 P 42 1

p. 499 ‘strange, indecisive days…’, Maurice Goudeket, Près de Colette , Paris, 1955, pp. 216-17

102nd Cavalry attached to GTL, SHD-DAT 11 P 219

p. 500 rain interfering with radio traffic, NA II 407/427/24082

casualties in Longjumeau, SHD-DAT 11 P 230

Longjumeau, Rev. Père Roger Fouquer, Aumônier Divisionnaire, 2ème DB, MdC TE 825

‘a big disordered picnic…’, John G. Westover, MdC TE 436 (2)

‘On one occasion…’, William Mortimer Moore, Leclerc — The Making of a French Legend , unpublished MS

p. 501 battle outside Fresnes prison, SHD-DAT 11 P 226

Capitaine Dupont foretells his death, Rev. Père Roger Fouquer, Aumônier Divisionnaire, 2ème DB, MdC TE 825

‘and remain with him…’, NA II 407/ 427/242351349

‘dance their way…’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France , New York, 2000, p. 353

‘over-enthusiastic French mademoiselles’, NA II 407/427/6431

p. 502 ‘ Tenez bon, nous arrivons ’, Journal de marche, 2ème DB, SHD-DAT 11 P 230

Dronne and Leclerc, SHD-DAT 11 P 226; Raymond Dronne, La Libération de Paris , Paris, 1970, pp. 280-81; and Marc de Possesse, 2e DB, MdC TE 361

‘Mort aux Cons!’, Moore, unpublished MS

p. 503 artillery fire from Longchamp, NA II 407/427/24021

Dronne’s column reaches the Hôtel de Ville, Marc de Possesse, 2e DB, MdC TE 361;Dronne,pp. 284-5; Moore, Leclerc — The Making of a French Legend , unpublished MS

‘when the night rose…’, Goudeket, p. 217

‘They’re here!’, Madeleine Betts-Quintaine, MdC TE 25

p. 504 2nd Pionier Kompanie of 256th Infanterie-Division, Gefreiter Spiekerkötter, BA-MA MSg 2/5526

p. 505 ‘a noisy and lyrical…’, Rev. Père Roger Fouquer, Aumônier Divisionnaire, 2ème DB, MdC TE 825

‘Victorious, Liberty advanced…’, Madame Talbot, MdC TE133

entry of American troops, NA II 407/ 427/242351349

‘the people bewildered…’, NA II 407/ 427/24240

p. 506 ‘French girls, beautiful girls…’, Alfred Donald Allred, Staff Sergeant, 20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division. NWWIIM-EC

‘ Merci! Merci! …’, Colonel J. S. Luckett, 12th Infantry, NA II 407/427/6431

‘The people of Paris were…’,NA II 407/ 427/242351349

p. 507 ‘A vibrant crowd…’, Jean Galtier-Boissière, Mon journal pendant l’Occupation , Paris, 1944, pp. 275-6

p. 508 ‘were mixed up…’, Philippe Boegner, Carnets du Pasteur Boegner , Paris, 1992, p. 287

ultimatum to Choltitz, SHD-DAT 11 P 218

‘Silent also from the effort…’, Leutnant Dankwart Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819 p. 509 ‘After a short, correct conversation’, Leutnant Dankwart, Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819

‘a bearded giant…’, Leutnant Dankwart, Graf von Arnim, MdC TE 819

p. 510 ‘the crowd, often hateful…’, Rev. Père Fouquer, MdC TE 825

Choltitz signing the surrender, SHD-DAT 11 P 226