Robert Forczyk: Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt

David M. Glantz, Kharkov 1942 (Chatham, UK: Ian Allen, 1998), p. 78.

Ia, KTB, 294. Infanterie-Division, 1 April–31 July 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-315, Roll 1941.

Veit Scherzer, 113.Infanterie-Division: Kiew-Charkow-Stalingrad (Jena: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, 2007), pp. 193–5.

Ia, Kriegstagebuch, January–December 1942, III Armeekorps (mot.), NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 194.

Qu., Anlagen z. KTB. Information and reports on the supply situation, and supply statistics on the campaign in the Izyum, Kharkov, and Kastornoye areas. Mar 22–Dec 31, 1942, VIII Armeekorps, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 385.

Gefechtsbericht der 62. Infanterie-Division über die kämpfe südl. Charkow in der Zeit vom 12.–25.5.42, Ia, 62. Infanterie-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 1034.

O.Qu., Anlagenband 3 z. KTB. Versorgungslagenmeldungen, Apr 1–Oct 31, 1942, Panzerarmee 1, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-313, Roll 44.

Gefechtsbericht der 3. Panzer-Division (Kampfgruppe Breith) uber die Abwehrschlacht nordostw. Charkow 12.5–22.5.42, 3. Panzer-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 144.

Auszugsweiser Gefechtsbericht der 23. Panzer-Division für der einsatz während der schlacht um Charkow an der Nordfront vom 12.5–22.5.42 an der Südfront vom 23.5–29.5.42,23. Panzer-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 791.

Ia, Kriegstagebuch, January – December 1942, III Armeekorps (mot.), NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 194.

la, Zahlenmeldungen, Teil 1. Losses of personnel and ammunition, April 3 – September 15, 1942, 11. Armee, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), T-312, Roll 420.

O.Qu., Anlagenband B z. KTB. Versorgungskarten, Panzerarmee 1, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-313, Roll 26.

Marek Kruk and Radoslaw Szewczyk, 9. Panzer-Division 1940–1943 (Poland: STRATUS, 2011), p. 75.

Arthur G. Volz, ‘A Soviet Estimate of German Tank Production’, Journal of Slavic Military Studies , Volume 21, No. 3, (July 2008), pp. 588–90.

Hugh Trevor-Roper (ed.), Hitler’s War Directives 1939–1945 (London: Birlinn Ltd, 2004), p. 178.

Dr. Peter W. Becker, ‘The Role of Synthetic Fuel in World War II Germany’, Air University Review , July–August 1981.

Operation Blau was redesignated as Operation Braunschweig , effective 30 June 1942. However, I will continue to use the original designation to avoid confusion.

Mikhail E. Katukov, Na Ostrie glavnogo udara [At the Point of the Main Attack] (Moscow: Voenizdat, 1974), chapter 9.

Hans-Joachim Jung, Panzer Soldiers for ‘God, Honor and Fatherland ’ The History of Panzerregiment Grossdeutschland (Winnipeg: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2000), p. 20.

Artem Drabkin & Oleg Sheremet, T-34 in Action (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Ltd, 2006), p. 113.

Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 113.

David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009), p. 154.

Ewald Klapdor, Viking Panzers: the German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2011), pp. 11–17.

Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), pp. 122–3.

David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April–August 1942 (Lawrence, KS: Kansas University Press, 2009), p. 423.

Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 166.

Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 175.

Christer Bergstrom, Stalingrad, The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943 (Hersham, UK: Ian Allen Publishing Ltd, 2007), p. 62.

In a bizarre aftermath, Gordov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1945, but then arrested for treason in 1947 and executed in 1950. The reason was his criticism of Stalin’s conduct of the war.

Wolfgang Werthen, Geschichte der 16. Panzer-Division 1939–1945 (Bad Nauheim, Germany: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1958), pp. 99–103.

Christer Bergstrom, Stalingrad, The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943 (Hersham, UK: Ian Allen Publishing Ltd, 2007), pp. 60–3.

Stavka Directive No. 156595, dated 1930 hours 10 August 1942.

Artem Drabkin & Oleg Sheremet, T-34 in Action (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Ltd, 2006), p. 53.

David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April–August 1942 (Lawrence, KS: Kansas University Press, 2009), pp. 301–2.

Gunter Schmitz, Die 16. PanzerDivision 1938–1945 (Eggolsheim: Dörfler Verlag GmbH, 2004), p. 105.

David M. Glantz, Forgotten Battles of the German Soviet War 1941–1945, Volume III (12 May–18 November 1942) (Self-published, 1999), p. 105.

David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 90.

David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 91.

Konstantin K. Rokossovsky, ‘Soldatskii dolg’ [‘A Soldier’s Duty’], Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal [Military Historical Journal] , No. 2 (February 1990), p. 52, and No. 7 (July 1991), pp. 4–5.

David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 92.

Marek Kruk and Radoslaw Szewczyk, 9. Panzer-Division 1940–1943 (Poland: STRATUS, 2011), pp. 91–7.

Jason D. Mark, Death of the Leaping Horseman: 24. Panzer-Division in Stalingrad, 12th August–20th November 1942 (Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2003), p. 157.

David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House, Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009), pp. 168–82.