1st SS Panzergrenadier-Regiment, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West/Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831
p. 266 ‘wounded as well as dead’ and ‘No prisoners are taken…’, Alexander McKee,
Canadians and 43rd Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24200
‘Please do not hesitate…’, 25 June, PDDE, p. 1949
‘in maximum volume’, 25 June, ibid., p. 1952
p. 267 ‘There was high cloud…’, Lieutenant T. T. Ritson, RHA, diary
‘We could see…’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division
‘a magnificent spectacle’, W. Kingsley, IWM P424
‘I sat smoking a cigarette…’, Major Peter Griffin, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, letter 8 July, NAC/ANC R5067-0-0-E
‘The awful thing was…’, Captain Michael Bendix, Coldstream Guards, SWWEC 2000-356
‘The sight was frightening…’, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE 120 p. 268 ‘Imagine a rat…’, MdC TE 149
‘We had the impression…’, MdC TE 145
‘Monsieur le Cure…’, MdC TE 149
‘a grandiose procession…’, MdC TE 145 p. 269 6,000 casualties, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE120
350 deaths, CRHQ
Lieutenant Colonel Kraminov, MdC TE 246
bombing of Caen, ‘Observations on Bomber Command Attack on Caen, 7 July 1944’, TNA AIR 37/1255, quoted in D’Este, p. 315
p. 270 ‘a heap of ruins…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
French squadrons, logbook of Roger Piroutet, MdC TE 262
‘There were all sorts of casualties…’, Rev. Jim Wisewell, 223 Field Ambulance, SWWEC T1141
p. 271 ‘a group of terrified…’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division
‘The Germans are leaving!’, Andre Heintz diary, MdC TE 32 (1-4)
p. 272 ‘Where is the River Orne?’, Max Maurin, MdC TE 77 (2)
Les Petites Soeurs des Pauvres, Mme Laberthe, MdC TE 74
‘At last…’, Major L. J. Massey, civil affairs team, MdC TE 167
Canadian captain and restaurant, Mme Lucie Corbasson, MdC TE 49
p. 273 ‘Most of the women…’, Sapper Douglas Waite, Royal Engineers, MdC TE 182
10 July parade, Place Saint-Martin, Henriette Guibe, MdC TE 237
p. 274 ‘Kalvarienberg’, 9th SS Panzer-Division
‘a small, fiery…’, Michael Carver,
Sergeant W. Partridge, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, SWWEC 2006.419
p. 275 Maltot, Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, BA-MA MSg 2/4832
‘He had been hit…’, Corporal Jones, quoted in McKee, p. 230
p. 276 ‘slit trenches scraped…’, Corporal D. Proctor, ‘Section Commander’, DWS
‘Not a metre…’, 9th SS Panzer-Division
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‘They’re brave…’, 9th SS Panzer-Division
‘We had a scene…’, 9th SS Panzer-Division
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p. 277 ‘infiltrate the enemy position…’, Sergeant W. Partridge, SWWEC 2006.419
‘Struggling in desperation…’, Corporal D. Proctor, ‘Section Commander’, DWS
‘anguished cries…’, Sergeant Partridge, SWWEC 2006.419
‘A single well-aimed…’, Corporal D. Proctor, ‘Section Commander’, DWS
p. 278 ‘moon landscape’, 9th SS Panzer-Division
‘Mademoiselle Jeanette’, Ludwig Horlebein, 9th SS Panzer-Division, BA-MA MSg 2/4832
civilians in the caves of Fleury, MdC TE 149
cholera and dogs, Major L. J. Massey, MdC TE 167
‘Regret to report…’, TNA CAB 106/ 1092, quoted in D’Este, p. 274
p. 279 ‘not to criticise…’, diary of Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T2150
6th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, 49th Division, TNA WO 205/5G, quoted in D’Este, p. 282
‘during the 54 hours…’, 21st Light Field Ambulance, 13 July, LHCMA O’Connor 5/ 3/18
p. 280 15th Scottish Division, 22 July, LHCMA O’Connor 5/4/14
desertions in 50th Division, Stephen A. Hart,
‘The Corps psychiatrist…’, 21 July, LHCMA O’Connor 5/3/18
‘most serious offence…’, 21 July, LHCMA O’Connor 5/3/18
p. 281 ‘Two of them during…’, 129th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE120
‘ignorance, stupefying, brutalizing ignorance…’, VernonScannell,
‘Gentlemen, your life expectancy…’, Sydney Jary,
18. THE FINAL BATTLE FOR SAINT-LO
p. 282 ‘awfully restless’, diary, 4 June, Martin Blumenson (ed.),
‘It is Hell…’, ibid., p. 464
‘an office seeker…’, ibid., pp. 468- 9
p. 283 ‘I cannot follow the reasoning…’, Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf, 3rd Paratroop Division, FMS B-541 and FMS B-020
‘one or two armored…’, Blumenson (ed.), p. 470
p. 284 ‘After lunch…’, ibid., p. 479
p. 286 I saw U.S. troops…’, 2nd Lieutenant Morton Kligerman, Graves Registration, 320th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24242
‘to relieve the body…’, John Capell, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘sickening stench’ and ‘As gruesome…’, Sergeant Charles D. Butte, 603rd Quartermaster, Graves Registration Company, VII Corps, First US Army, NWWIIM-EC p. 287 ‘Three enemy paratroopers…’, NA II 407/427/24232
p. 288 ‘Mind your Goddam business…’, Max Feldman, 2nd Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘scattered opposition’, 2nd Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24232
p. 289 ‘This second transfer…’, Generalleutnant Freiherr von Luttwitz, 2nd Panzer-Division, FMS B-257
‘in a poor state…’ and ‘a giant, brutal man’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66
p. 290 ‘more like jungle fighting’, NA II 407/427/24206
358th Infantry, Lieutenant George W.Godfrey, 90thDivision,NA II 407/427/24240 p. 291 ‘The population has to evacuate…’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 17 July, 9.Kp./ Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.)Inf.Div., BfZ-SS
