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p. 234 ‘die grosse Chance’, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West, Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831

Ultra, 29 June, XL 70, see Ralph Bennett, Ultra in the West, New York, 1979, p. 82

Operation Epsom, one of the best accounts is in Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy, New York, 1983

p. 235 ‘General talked about…’, Myles Hildyard diary, 22 June

‘the armchair strategists…’, General Geyr von Schweppenburg, FMS B-466

p. 236 ‘returned in a vile humour’, Blumentritt, Chief of Staff OB West, FMS B-284

‘told him bluntly…’, Blumentritt, ETHINT 73

‘because of the effect…’, General der Panzertruppen Eberbach, FMS A-922

p. 237 ‘become imbued…’, Blumentritt, Chief of Staff OB West, FMS B-284

‘energetic, quick-witted…’, Speidel, FMS C-017

‘After a rather frosty…’, Speidel, FMS C-017

p. 238 ‘German tanks are superior…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106

‘the British attacks…’, General Alfred Jodl, FMS A-913

‘jumped out of line…’, William Oatman, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, NWWIIM-EC

p. 240 ‘The effect of the major conflicts…’, Keitel and Jodl, FMS A-915

visit of Colonel Vassilievsky, Arthur Reddish, A Tank Soldier’s Story, privately published, undated, p. 56

‘are still on the Soviet-German front’, Major General Galaktionov, Pravda, 23 June

‘We know where…’, Ilya Ehrenburg, ‘The West Wind’, Pravda, 11 June

16. THE BATTLE OF THE BOCAGE

p. 242 ‘immediately deserted to the enemy’, Generalleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz, LXXXIV Corps, FMS B- 418; and Oberst Eugen Konig, 91st Luftlande-Division, FMS B-010

‘to gain experience…’, NA II 407/427/ 24203

‘The prisoners we captured’, T/Sergeant Laurence E. Ousley, 330th Infantry, 83rd Division, NA II 407/427/24242

‘We no longer have…’, NA II 407/427/ 6431

p. 243 ‘Fallen for Greater Germany’, Jean-Claude Perrigault and Rolf Meister, Gotz von Berlichingen — Normandie, Bayeux, 2005, p. 267

‘The Germans haven’t much left…’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France 1944, New York, 2000, p. 23

LXXXIV Corps daily losses, General Dietrich von Choltitz, De Sebastopol a Paris, Paris, 1964, p. 184

‘After having been…’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 10 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.)Inf.Div., 13 273 B, BfZ- SS

p. 246 ‘to gain suitable terrain…’, NA II 407/427/24232

attack of 30th Infantry Division, 7 July, NA II 407/427/24232

p. 247 twelve Shermans knocked out, Pfc Bertrand J. Close, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS

‘Meine Frau und…’, Robert T. Gravelin, 23rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS

p. 248 ‘terriblemess’, NA II 407/427/24232

‘because of the element…’, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24037

4th Division in marshland fighting, Major Yarborough, NA II 407/427/6431

p. 249 ‘The Germans are staying…’, General Barton, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/6431

‘in comparing the average American…’, NA II 407/427/24242

‘have no regard…’, NA II 407/427/ 24242

‘What do you want to do in Europe?’ TNA WO 171/337

‘Captivity is…’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 17 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.) Inf.Div., BfZ-SS

p. 250 ‘Colonel, that was…’, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 6431

‘Company G had…’, NA II 407/427/ 6431

p. 251 Panzer Lehr losses against British, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, FMS A-903

‘was not in a position…’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66

‘Because of its exhausted condition…’, Geyr von Schweppenburg, FMS B-466

p. 252 Panzer Lehr losses in American sector, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66

Panzer Lehr offensive, NA II 407/427/ 24232; and Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 67

schmutziger Buschkrieg’, Peter Lieb, Konventioneller Krieg oder Weltanschauungskrieg?, Munich, 2007, p. 176

‘the only good Jerry soldiers…’, E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Folder Huch, William, DDEL

p. 253 ‘Keep moving…’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148

three times as many wounds, 9th Medical Battalion, NA II 407/427/7545 p. 254 ‘The sniper menace…’, NA II 407/ 427/24170

‘moles in the ground’, NA II 407/427/ 24242

German rapid counter-attacks, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106

p. 256 Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf, 3rd Paratroop Division, FMS B-541

p. 257 rhino tanks, Lieutenant John M. Wilder, ADC to General Hickey, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24242

‘I talked to enough men…’, Forrest C. Pogue, Pogue’s War, Lexington, Kentucky, p. 105

‘Our younger men…’, Lieutenant Samuel E. Belk III, 320th Infantry, 35th Division, NA II 407/427/24242

p. 258 ‘Practically all of the replacements…’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24021

‘Just before they…’, Paul Fussell, The Boys’ Crusade, New York, 2003, p. 108

p. 259 ‘a high probability…’, ibid., p. 110

‘Riflemen must leave…’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148

‘To get down fast…’, Robert B. Bradley, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, MdC TE 366

p. 260 ‘a sphygmomanometer…’, 29th Infantry Division, Combat Exhaustion Survey, June-August,NAII 407/427/24035/84 p. 262 ‘Krammer, a capable…’ and ‘a nice Heimatschuss’, Obergefreiter Hans S. 15.7.44, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058 91.(LL.)Inf.Div. 13 273 B, BfZ-SS

‘apparently few…’, L. B. Kalinowsky, American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 107, 1950; and TNA WO 177/316

17. CAEN AND THE HILL OF CALVARY

p. 263 ‘Ike is considerably less…’, Harry C. Butcher, Three Years with Eisenhower, London, 1946, p. 512

Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy, New York, 1983, pp. 268-9

p. 265 ‘a twenty-five centimeter…’, Erich Wohlgemut, quoted Hubert Meyer, The 12th SS, Vol. I, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 2005, p. 463