Berlin: The Downfall 1945

16 SEELOW AND THE SPREE

p. 235 ‘He was wearing a long…’, Sulkhanishvili, conversation, 12 October 2001

p. 236 ‘distinctly uncultured’, Erickson, p. 569

p. 236 ‘In the opinion of the infantry’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 355

p. 236 ‘We infantry were once…’, Tillery, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 35

p. 237 ‘completely shattered…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 4

p. 237 ‘This is my artillery…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 5

p. 237 attacks on Oder bridges, RGVA 32925/1/130, p. 259

p. 238 German pilots’ suicide attacks, NA 740.0011 EW/4–2445

p. 238 Leonidas squadron (2./II./KG 200), BA-MA MSg2/4429, pp. 1–44

p. 239 ‘if the Germans…’, TsAMO 236/2675/149, p. 258

p. 239 ‘How are you going to fire it?’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 56

p. 240 ‘No German town…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/9D, p. 131

p. 240 ‘non-employed and those…’, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/443

p. 241 Nordland casualties, BA-MA RH 19 XV/9b, p. 62

p. 243 ‘Today is the moment…’, BA-MA RH19/XV/9, p. 264

p. 243 wounded soldier at Hermersdorf, Kleine and Stimpel, p. 35

p. 243 ‘426 Soviet tanks’, Der Angriff, Nr. 92, 20 April

p. 244 ‘And this is the army’, Kleine and Stimpel, pp. 35–6

p. 244 ‘In the town of Gusow…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 356

p. 245 ‘a defence of the capital…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 18

p. 245 ‘Berlin would…’, Speer interrogation, 22 May, ?A 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 245 ‘the sacrifice of children…’, BA-MA MSg2/1096, p. 6

p. 246 ‘The Russians are eating…’, Martin Kleint, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 296

p. 246 ‘Der Iwan kommt’ ibid., p. 96

p. 247 executions on Kustrin sector, Wuth, conversation, 10 October 1999 p. 247 SS to Schleswig-Holstein, BA-MA MSg2/3448, p. 6

p. 248 Saalborn to Burgermeister of Woltersdorf, BLHA Pr. Br. Rep. 61A/443

p. 248 ‘Well, we’ll have to start…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 224

17 THE FUHRER’S LAST BIRTHDAY

p. 249 ‘with heartiest congratulations’, RGVA-SA 1355/4/11, p. 54

p. 250 ‘I wondered whether he was mad’, Kardorff, p. 307

p. 251 ‘disappointed by the cowardice…’, Speer interrogation, 22 May, NA 740.0011 EW/5–145

p. 251 ‘Fuhrer’s birthday’, GARF 9401/2/97, pp. 32–48

p. 252 ‘It was horrible…’, Traudl Junge, quoted Sereny, p. 512

p. 252 ‘Eva Braun and Dr Stumpfegger’, Bormann’s diary, GARF 9401/2/97, pp. 32– 48

p. 252 ‘a really foul trick’, letter of 19 April, quoted Gun, p. 247

p. 252 ‘to keep the mystic legend…’, Brandt paper, ?A RG319/22/XE 23 11 00

p. 254 ‘She was always…’, Below, pp. 407–8

p. 254 ‘We can already hear…’, letter to Herta Ostermayr, quoted Gun, p. 252

p. 254 ‘Suddenly one remembers…’, Friday 20 April, Anonymous, p. 9

p. 255 ‘the long-range artillery…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 250

p. 255 ‘a historic task: to break into Berlin…’, TsAMO 233/2307/193, p. 88

p. 256 ‘Comrade Rybalko’, TsAMO 236/2712/359, p. 35

p. 256 recognition signals for meeting with Allied armies, TsAMO 132a/2642/38, pp. 14–15

p. 256 ‘Personal to Comrades…’, quoted Erickson, p. 578

p. 256 ‘Auffanglinier’, BA-MA RH19/XV/24, p. 119

p. 256 ‘It was clear to us…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 18

p. 257 ‘Then the tanks began firing…’, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 96

p. 257 ‘Now we’ll let them have it’, ibid., p. 97

p. 259 ‘The closer one gets to Berlin’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/3/51, p. 240

p. 259 ‘mostly by officers and men…’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 47

p. 259 ‘It was all senseless’, Wuth, conversation, 10 October 1999

p. 259 30th Guards Artillery Brigade, Klochkov, p. 77

p. 260 ‘They returned the following…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, p. 722

p. 260 ‘given chemical substances…’, RGVA 32891/1/125, p. 289

p. 260 ‘hurl back’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 20

p. 260 ‘to catch deserters and execute…’, TsAMO 233/2374/93, p. 412

18 THE FLIGHT OF THE GOLDEN PHEASANTS

p. 261 ‘no man capable…’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 17

p. 261 ‘Werwolfs of Berlin and Brandenburg’, 24 April, NA RG 260 OMGUS, Stack 390 41/7/5–6 A2/S4

p. 262 ‘What’s going on?’, Gunsche interrogation, quoted Bezymenski, pp. 28–9

p. 262 ‘For the rat Goebbels’, TsAMO 233/2374/92, p. 255, and Zhukov, iv, p. 258

p. 262 ‘the bloody god of war’, K. M. Simonov, Notebook No. 8, RGALI 1814/4/7

p. 262 1.8 million shells, Zhukov, iv, p. 255

p. 262 ‘cellar tribe’, Anonymous, pp. 13–16

p. 263 ‘Du General?’, Kertz, conversation, 10 October 1999

p. 263 Scharnhorst Division, Rettich war diary, Reichhelm papers

p. 264 ‘a very bad feeling’, Lorenz, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 98

p. 264 ‘See that you all get home…’, Tillery, quoted ibid., p. 40

p. 265 ‘Due to the slowness…’, 21 April, TsAMO 233/2374/92, pp. 359–60

p. 267 ‘three battalions and a few tanks’, BA-MA MSg1/976, p. 143

p. 268 ‘The defence of Berlin…’, TsAMO 299/17055/4, p. 305

p. 268 ‘twenty-four-hour-a-day…’, Zhukov, iv, p. 276

p. 269 ‘a dirty, swampy little river’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 66

p. 270 ‘Soviet shells exploding…’, Wallin, quoted Ramm, 1994, p. 99

p. 271 Konev’s order to the 28th Army, A. Luchinsky, ‘Na Berlin!’, ViZh, No. 5, May 1965

p. 271 ‘completely surprised…’, NARG 338, P–136, p. 49

p. 271 ‘as snow in the middle…’, TsAMO 233/2374/194, p. 78