Antony Beevor - Berlin - The Downfall 1945

p. 113‘Comrade President…’, Eugene Schirinkine, 31 July, SHAT 7 Ρ 128

p. 114restoration of civic rights, VOV, iv, p. 161

p. 114‘Comrade soldiers…’, RGASPI 17/125/310, p. 10

p. 115‘cornerstone’, Duffy, p. 187

p. 116Colonel Morgunov, VOV, iii, p. 252

p. 116‘The success of the advance…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 230

p. 116Krukenberg and SS Charlemagne, BA-MA MSg2/1283, and Fenet, conversation, 19 May 1999

p. 116‘Weiss is a liar…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 67

p. 117‘returned in the same state…’, Erickson, p. 522

p. 118‘Trek orders!’, Krockow, p. 61

p. 120‘I have no intention…’, Boldt, p. 81, with corrections Freytag von Loringhoven, September 2001

p. 120supply ship, report 22 March, BA-B R55/616, p. 248

p. 121‘If the birth…’, Sajer, p. 541

p. 121‘The number of extraordinary…’, report, 12 April, TsAMO 372/6570/68, pp. 17–20

p. 122‘absolutely impossible…’, RGALI 2217/2/17, p. 42

p. 122‘too proud’, RGALI 2217/2/17, p. 39

p. 122‘I had to concede’, Krockow, p. 99

p. 123‘Here I hang…’, ibid., p. 76

p. 123Herr von Livonius, ibid., pp. 114–15

p. 124‘Birds are singing…’, Agranenko papers, RGALI 2217/2/17, p. 42

p. 125 ‘Nach Arbeit!’, Agranenko papers, RGALI 2217/2/17, p. 41

p. 126‘to assure the Russians…’, TsAMO 233/2374/337, p. 158

p. 126‘Morale is being…’, TsAMO 233/2374/337, p. 124

p. 127‘looting by German…’, 24 March, IfZ MA 127/2, p. 13,025

p. 127twenty-two death sentences, TsAMO 236/2675/339, p. 65

p. 127‘Colonel General Schörner…’, TsAMO 236/2675/336, p. 60

p. 128‘criminal carelessness’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 8

p. 128‘went off to have…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 9

p. 128‘The first piece of metal…’, quoted Senyavskaya, 2000, p. 236, n. 52

p. 128‘Livestock was slaughtered…’, RGVA 32891/1/391, pp. 345–6

p. 129Estonians and Ukrainians, 21 stArmy political department, TsAMO 236/2675/339

p. 130‘The bedroom…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 39

p. 130‘incompetent and cowardly…’, BA-MA MSg1/976

p. 131‘Military tribunals should take…’, 4 February, GARF 9401/2/94, p. 163

p. 131‘1 Unteroffizier …’, IfZ MA 325

p. 131‘cowardice and defeatism’, IfZ Fa 600, p. 14

p. 131‘The overriding priority…’, 13 March, IfZ MA 127/2, pp. 13,031–2

p. 132‘You’re the new…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 31

p. 132‘had nothing negative…’, KA-FU, EI: 18, Vol. 6

p. 132‘twenty Feldgendarmerie…’, KA-FU, EI: 18, Vol. 6

p. 132‘soldiers looked apathetic…’, 16 February, KA-FU, EI: 18, Vol. 6

p. 133artillery observation and underwater bridges, SHAT 7 Ρ 163

p. 133rumours of resentment, IfZ Fa 138, pp. 15, 16

p. 133‘In the whole war…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 61

p. 134requisitioning of carts, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/443

p. 134‘tantamount…’, 21 February, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/38

p. 134‘very harsh…’, 14 March report to Dr Naumann, IfZ Fa 600, p. 14

p. 134‘The fresh air…’, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/16, Gauleitung Mark Brandenburg, 19 March

p. 134‘40,000 fanatical volunteers’, Guderian, p. 420

p. 135‘chalk-white face’, BA-MA MSg1 784, p. 2

p. 135‘that what we…’, Schwarz, quoted Gosztony, p. 92

p. 135‘lost in his thoughts’, Kempka, quoted ibid., p. 93

p. 136‘Yakov is never going…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 215

p. 137‘independently and proudly’, GARF 9401/2/93, p. 276

p. 137‘very pleased’, Zhukov, iv, p. 215

p. 137‘when we were working…’, ibid., p. 218

p. 138‘the main axis of the Allied…’, 14 October 1944, ΝA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 138meeting at Stalin’s dacha, May 1942, Zaloga, pp. 13–19

p. 139‘Virus House’, Dr Engel, conversation, FU Archiv, 8 October 2001

p. 139‘whoever possesses…’, quoted TsAMO 233/2356/5804, pp. 320–21

p. 139‘There is no doubt…’, Alanbrooke, p. 669

p. 140‘Have a Go, Joe’, quoted by David Clay Large in ‘Funeral in Berlin’, p. 355, in Robert Cowley (ed.), What If?, New York, 1999

p. 140‘In view of the great progress…’, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 3

p. 140‘His relations with Monty…’,6 March, Alanbrooke, p. 669

p. 141Tedder not consulted, NA RG 218 JCS Box 16

p. 141‘politically and psychologically…’, Eisenhower, p. 433

p. 141‘our armies will advance…’, 25 March, Churchill papers 20/209, Gilbert, p. 1,264

p. 142‘criminal action…’, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2, Antonov correspondence

p. 143‘We owed much…’, Eisenhower, p. 431

p. 143‘on matters that were…’, ibid., p. 401

p. 143‘no longer…’, Eisenhower to Marshall, 30 March, quoted ibid., p. 438

p. 145‘The German front in the west…’, and whole conversation, Zhukov, iv, pp. 223–6

p. 145‘Stalin was given…’, NA RG 334/Entry 309/Box 2

p. 146‘Are you aware how…’, Konev, p. 79

p. 147‘In the event’, Zhukov, iv, p. 226

p. 147‘in the shortest…’, VOV, iii, p. 267

p. 147‘The Stavka’ ibid., p. 269

p. 147‘completely coincided’, ibid.

p. 148‘The British are partly…’, 16 March, KA-FU, EI: 18, Vol. 6

p. 149‘If the attempt…’, KA-FU, EI: 18, Vol. 6

p. 150‘taking a stroll…’, Guderian, p. 426

p. 150‘the most unsuitable man…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 78

p. 151‘Hitler was very quiet…’, Maizière, conversation, 9 October 1999

p. 151‘This mission of his…’, Guderian, p. 420

p. 151‘Today I am really…’, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999

p. 152‘ Meine Herren …’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 99

p. 152‘ice-cold lack of emotion’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 107

p. 152‘Hitler became paler…’, Freytag von Loringhoven, conversation, 4 October 1999 — eyewitness accounts of this meeting vary in some details; this description is based mainly on the accounts of Guderian and Freytag von Loringhoven