German artillery observation officer dressed as a priest, Lieutenant James J. Williams, 47th Infantry, 9th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘The men said they held…’, Lieutenant James J. Williams, 47th Infantry, 9th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
p. 292 ‘poker and mint juleps…’, diary of Captain Thomas P. Jacobs, MD, 45th Armored Medical Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
‘Sunday punch’, NA II 407/427/24232
‘a tall Britisher…’, Forrest C. Pogue,
‘two preachers…’, Blumenson (ed.), p. 481
p. 293 Artillery airbursts, 331st Infantry, 83rd Division, NA II 407/427/24203
‘I remember one poignant…’, James H. Watts, Chemical Battalion, NWWIIM-EC
‘Then, he shot…’, Captain Elmer G. Koehler, Battalion surgeon, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 24242
‘I saw medical aid men…’, Captain William Pola, Medical Detachment, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24242
p. 294 ‘I got so I can tell…’, Captain William L. Johnston, 100th Evacuation Hospital, NA II 407/427/24240
‘It’s such a paradox…’, George Silverton, Chief of X Ray Department, 2nd Evacuation Hospital, MdC TE 710
‘blooded’, diary of Captain Thomas P. Jacobs, MD, 45th Armored Medical Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS p. 295 K-Rations, WWII VS
‘I find it a bit hard…’, diary of Captain Jack H. Welch, 54th Armored Medical, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
sergeant in 1st Infantry Division, Sergeant Leroy N. Stewart, 26th Infantry Regiment, WWII VS
‘French kids…’, Vernon W. Tart, 618th Ordinance Ammunition Company, NWWIIM-EC
p. 296 ‘I know we lack…’, J. Le Gal, ‘Un Gendarme a Caumont l’Evente’, MdC TE 398
30th Division casualties, NA II 407/427/ 24232 p. 297 ‘I remember going up…’, Bradley Holbrook, NWWIIM- EC
p. 298 ‘Fix bayonets! Twenty-nine, let’s go!’, NA II 407/427/24232
p. 300 ‘like a sled’ and ‘known simply as “Chief”’, NA II 407/427/24232 p. 302 29th Division, night of 15 July, NA II 407/427/24232
Interview Colonel Godwin Ordway Jr, Commanding Officer, 115th Infantry, 20 July, NA II 407/427/24034 p. 303 ‘Cota was hit…’, Lieutenant Edward G. Jones, Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 29th Infantry Division, WWII VS
25th Cavalry Squadron, Lieutenant Edward G. Jones, Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 29th Infantry Division, WWII VS
p. 304 ‘the magnificent American troops…’, Montgomery tribute, NA II 407/427/24232
19. OPERATION GOODWOOD
p. 306 ‘I am viewing the prospects…’, 14 July, PDDE, p. 2004
‘I came upon a line…’, Brigadier M. J. P. O’Cock, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, SWWEC 2003.2287
p. 307 ‘alternate thrusts’, Stephen A. Hart,
Crocodile tanks, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West/Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831
‘There is a nice cool breeze…’, Captain S. Beck, MdC TE 570
9th SS Panzer-Division
‘the whole length…’, Eberhard Beck, 277th Artillerie-Regiment, 277th Infanterie-Division, BA-MA MSg 2/3242
p. 309 277th Infanterie-Division, Heeresgruppe B, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘decisive for the course of the war…’, XL 2287, quoted in Ralph Bennett,
‘out of the question’, Heeresgruppe B, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86 ‘The units will fight…’, Kurt Meyer,
p. 310 Frenchwoman at Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery, Simone Grieux-Isabelle, MdC TE 419
‘that the Panzer Group…’, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West/Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831
p. 311 Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, NA II 407/427/24200
‘pre-recorded wireless traffic’, A. D. E. Curtis, R Force, SWWEC 2000.384
‘We’ll be moving into top gear!’, N. F. Burrell, 1/7th Queens, 131st Infantry Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, SWWEC LEEWW 2004.2680
‘We are undoubtedly…’, diary of Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T2150
p. 313 ‘a bit of mistletoe…’, quoted in Laurence Whistler,
Tedder and Coningham on Goodwood, Air Publication 3235, Air Ministry, 1955, p. 151, AHB
p. 314 RAF report on Goodwood bombing, Air Support, Air Publication 3235, Air Ministry, 1955, AHB
p. 315 ‘like cars crawling…’, Whistler, p. 289
p. 316 ‘Prisoners are streaming in…’, Major Peter Griffin, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, NAC/ANC R5067 -0-0-E
‘a breakthrough appeared unavoidable’, Eberbach, Panzer Group West, FMS B-840
‘completely overrun’ and ‘Some tanks had received direct hits…’, Heeresgruppe B, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘At 10.00 hours…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
‘Suddenly a Sherman…’, W. H. Close, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, SWWEC 2002.1713
p. 317 ‘What happened was incomprehensible…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
p. 318 ‘death ride’, Alexander McKee,
five Tiger tanks and eight Mark IVs, Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger, FMS B-441
‘no more reserves’, Heeresgruppe B, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86; and Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West, BA-MA MSg 2/4831
1st SS Panzer-Division at Ifs-Bras, Heeresgruppe B, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86 p. 319 ‘Operations this morning…’, quoted in L. F. Ellis,
‘like children’, Brigadier E. T. Williams, G-2, 21st Army Group, OCMH-FPP
‘We were fighting…’, Eberbach, Panzer Group West, FMS B-840
p. 320 ‘The enemy needed only…’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
‘the British continued to stay immobile…’, Eberbach, Panzer Group West, FMS B-840
‘found him in grand form…’, 19 July, Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke,
p. 321 ‘Russian style’ breakthrough and press conferences, Lieutenant Colonel Kraminov, MdC TE 246
‘a field strewn…’, N. F. Burrell, 1/7th Queens, SWWEC LEEWW 2004.2680
p. 322 ‘There comes a time…’, Bill Close,
‘Either it was just gross…’, diary of Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T2150
‘It rained and there were mosquitoes…’, Rev. Jim Wisewell, 223rd Field Ambulance, 3rd Infantry Division, SWWEC T1141
British and Canadian losses in Normandy, TNA WO 171/139
