p. 202 ‘along and either side…’, unpublished MS, diary of Peter Rettich, battalion commander,
p. 202 ‘no other possibility but to surrender…’, Reichhelm, conversation, 5 October 1999, and Humboldt, conversation, 11 October 1999
p. 202 ‘the Ninth Army has occupied…’, SHAEF daily report on Allied Operations, SHAT 8 ? 19
p. 203 ‘future division of Germany…’, Eisenhower, p. 43
p. 203 ‘Soldiers and officers’, Maiziere, conversation, 9 October 1999
p. 204 ‘Where in the hell…’, quoted Ryan, p. 261
p. 204 ‘My Fuhrer, I congratulate you!’, Trevor-Roper, pp. 89–90
p. 204 ‘At the moment…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/9D, p. 34
p. 204 ‘rocking like a ship’, Loewe, conversation, 9 October 2001
p. 205 ‘A whole world…’, Kardorff, pp. 306–7
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p. 206 2.5 million men etc.,
p. 206 medals stripped from 20th Panzergrenadier Division,
p. 206 ‘During the night…’, V. Makarevsky, ‘17-ya motorinzhenernaya brigada ? Berlinskoi operatsii’,
p. 207 ‘Active Komsomol members…’, TsAMO 236/2675/440, p. 76
p. 207 ‘There will be no pity’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 240
p. 207 ‘transmitting in clear…’, TsAMO 236/2675/440, p. 192
p. 207 no sub-units allowed to use the radio, RGVA 32891/1/160
p. 207 wavelengths and codes, RGVA 32891/1/160, p. 232
p. 207 ‘morally and politically unstable’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, p. 454
p. 207 speaking against collective farms, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 314
p. 208 Heinrici order, BA-MA RH 19 XV/9b, p. 42
p. 208 ‘Many wanted to be wounded…’, Kertz, conversation, 11 October 1999
p. 208 ‘You can’t imagine’, TsAMO 236/2675/336, p. 57
p. 209 ‘We have to hold…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93 p. 411
p. 209 ‘almost peaceful…’, Wust, conversation, 10 October 1999
p. 209 ‘rabbit-hearted’, IfZ MA 127/2, p. 12,949
p. 210 ‘The keys of the city…’, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, RGALI 1038/1/1804
p. 210 newspaper reports, contradiction by TASS, see
p. 211 ‘other matter’, ?A RG334/Entry 309/Box 2
p. 211 ‘Some of them shaded…’, Klochkov, p. 72
p. 211 ‘Greetings from the front’, Junior Lieutenant of Medical Service Abdul Aziz Babakhanov, Soyuz veteranov zhurnalistiki, p. 491
p. 212 ‘The hurricane lamp is driving away darkness’, Senyavskaya, 1995, p. 181
p. 213 ‘tortured to death…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 314
p. 213 ‘
p. 214 ‘Soon we will return home…’, TsAMO 236/2675/440, p. 16
p. 214 ‘It felt like a huge…’, Gall, conversation, 2 November 1999
p. 214 ‘We warned all…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000
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p. 216 arrival of Zhukov, Merezhko, conversation, 10 November 1999
p. 217 ‘The hands of the clock…’, Zhukov, iv, pp. 242–3
p. 217 ‘A terrible thunder…’, Klochkov, p. 73
p. 218 ‘
p. 218 ‘In a matter…’, Wagner, quoted ibid., p. 200
p. 218 ‘In the field of view…’, Kleine and Stimpel, p. 39
p. 218 ‘burning farmhouses…’, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 200
p. 218 ‘Christ, the poor…’, Baumgart, quoted ibid., p. 67
p. 218 ‘shavingofficers…’, SS Kriegsberichter Heinz Heering, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 6
p. 219 ‘These men were sacrificed…’, Obersturmfuhrer Helmut Schwarz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 170
p. 219 ‘It seemed that not…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 244
p. 219 ‘Along the whole length…’, letter, Pyotr Mitrofanovich Sebelev, 2nd Sapper Bde, 16 April, quoted Shindel (ed.), p. 160
p. 219 ‘the light was so blinding…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2000
p. 220 ‘producing losses’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 257–8
p. 221 ‘Maximum Alert’, Schroder diary, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 177
p. 222 ‘So you’ve underestimated…’, Zhukov, iii, p. 245
p. 223 ‘His outstanding bravery…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/24, p. 36
p. 224 ‘a dull, continuous…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 17
p. 224 ‘women and girls stood…’, Boldt, pp. 108–9
p. 226 ‘not a killing field…’, Harald Arndt, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 270
p. 226 ‘We moved across terrain…’, Sebelev, Shindel (ed.), p. 160
p. 226 ‘covered with the corpses…’, Klochkov, p. 73
p. 226 ‘bad organization’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 27–30
p. 227 ‘in some regiments…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 31–2
p. 228 ‘became much more frequent’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 31
p. 228 footnote: Medical personnel, Senyavskaya, 1995, p. 124
p. 228 ‘How many matches were burnt?’, Senyavskaya, 2000, p. 227
p. 229 ‘I was deeply…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096
p. 229 ‘Berlin on the sixth day…’,
p. 229 ‘Are you sure that…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 247
p. 230 ‘Even when I was…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, pp. 47–8
p. 230 ‘The god of war…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 32
p. 230 ‘At the fascist lair’, etc., TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 34
p. 230 13th Army observation post, Konev, p. 91
p. 231 ‘The assault boats were launched’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 35
p. 231 ‘We had nowhere to hide’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 33
p. 231 ‘Ivan don’t shoot, we are prison’, TsAMO 236/2675/336, pp. 6, 55–6
p. 232 ‘unbearably slow’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 50
p. 232 ‘Zhukov is not getting…’, TsAMO TsGV/70500/2, pp. 145–9, quoted Zhukov, iv, pp. 226–7
p. 233 ‘[Antonov] said…’, NA RG334/Entry 309/Box 2
