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p. 275 ‘the most difficult question…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 96

p. 276 ‘Such an action…’, BA-MA, N601/v. 4, p. 13

p. 276 ‘I know that…’, Paulus, p. 83

p. 276 ‘Prussian field marshals…’, Rudolph-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Soldat im Untergang: Lebensbilder,p. 134

p. 276 ‘march out…’, Behr, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995

p. 276 ‘Hold on…’, Paulus, order, 27 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/238

p. 276 Schmidt denial, BA-MA N601/v. 10, p. 12

p. 277 ‘We’re never going…’, Klaus, p. 35

CHAPTER 17

p. 278 ‘A systematic withdrawal…’, Wallrawe, BA-MA, RH27-16/43

p. 278 ‘artillery and infantry…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472

p. 279 ‘The bolsheviks…’, Stolberg, report, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 159

p. 279 ‘It is said…’, TsAMO 206/294/47, ?·108

p. 279 ‘doubts about…’, Oblt. v.d. Sode, 16th Panzer Division, report, 12 Aug. 1943, BA-MA, RH27- 16/43

p. 280 ‘Since the…’, Sold. K. P., 376th I.D., 14 Dec. 1942, BZG-S

p. 280 ‘Rations cut…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/237

p. 280 ‘It was defeatism…’, anonymous conversation

p. 281 ‘But surely it doesn’t matter…’, anonymous conversation

p. 281 forty-two air raids, Romer, report, 23 May 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43

p. 283 ‘The commanding officer…’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 18 Dec. 1942, Bahr and Bahr, p. 192

p. 284 ‘Miserably frozen…’ (original German), Ehrenburg papers, RGALI, 1207/2/3477

p. 284 ‘We squat…’, Reuber, letter, 3 Dec. 1942, quoted in Bahr and Bahr, p. 190

p. 284 ‘The plague of lice…’, report, OGefr. Heinrich, Pz. Regt 2, 28 July 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43

p. 284 ‘Underneath the lantern…’ (original German), TsAMO 206/294/48, ?. 452

p. 285 ‘Because of bad communications…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472

p. 285 ‘The failure of officers and commissars…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472

p. 286 ‘These Russians…’, Einsiedel, Tagebuch der Versuchung,p. 110

p. 286 ‘a tremendous education for victory…’, Zhukov, p. 151

p. 286 ‘The morale of…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/1/101

p. 287 ‘We were like gypsies…’, Glichov, conversation, 6 Nov. 1995

p. 287 spotted ‘a white mug with a rose’, Glichov, conversation, 14 Nov. 1995

p. 288 ‘When I killed…’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995

p. 288 ‘A soldier felt…’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995

p. 289 ‘very difficult’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995

p. 290 ‘Listen, Herr General…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 97

p. 290 ‘Things seem…’, Groscurth, 3 Dec. 1942, p. 530

CHAPTER 18

p. 291 ‘I can’t remain…’, 11 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 212

p. 292 captured pilot, Obergefreiter Paul German (sic), TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 261

p. 293 ‘The trapped German forces…’, Zhukov, 29 Nov. 1942, p. 178

p. 296 ‘cornerstone’, quoted Paulus, p. 235

p. 296 ‘He described…’, Raus bequest, OStA-KA B/186: III

p. 297 ‘Intention: Fourth…’, BA-MA, RH19 VI, p. 60

p. 297 ‘Order for…’, General Raus, OStA-KA B/186: III

p. 298 ‘Once a unit…’, Gilbert (ed.), p. 17

p. 298 ‘a gigantic…’, Raus, OStA-KA B/186: III

p. 300 ‘Around the runway…’, Rohden, p. 46

p. 301 ‘Right down to…’, General Raus, OStA-KA B/186: III

p. 302 ‘Yesterday and today…’, Kolya Batyuk, 18 Dec. 1942, AMPSB 488/7955(5)

p. 303 ‘a steadily increasing…’, Wolfgang Eckart, ‘Von der Agonie einer missbrauchten Armee’, in Wette and Ueberschar (eds.), p. 109

p. 304 ‘without having received…’, Professor Dr Hans Girgensohn, ‘Der Hungertod in Stalingrad: Die Geschichte seiner Entdeckung’, privately published, 1992

p. 304 ‘The suspected causes…’, Girgensohn, ibid.

p. 304 ‘a large-scale experiment…’, 6 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RH20-6/796

p. 304 ‘luxurious’, Prof. Dr Hans Girgensohn, conversation, 22 Apr. 1996

p. 306 ‘stress illness’, Girgensohn, conversation, 22 Apr. 1996

p. 306 rats deprived of sleep, Dr Susan Greenfield in the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, 28 Dec. 1994

p. 306 ‘There’s little new…’, Lt W. M., 22 Dec. 1942, BZG-S

p. 306 ‘Slowly, our brave…’, 30 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264

p. 307 ‘There stands a soldier…’, Sepp Wirrer, ‘Das Wolgalied’, Kamerad-schaft Stalingrad, Aug./Sept. 1983

p. 307 German Communists, Korfes, undated ms. in MGFA-P; and Dyatlenko ms.

p. 308 ‘crackling sound of the propaganda voice’, Hans Schmieder ms.

p. 308 ‘the ones with the…’, 6 Dec. 1942, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 102

p. 308 ‘Soldiers eagerly…’, 16 Sept. 1942, TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 36

p. 308 ‘“If German soldiers…”’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 488

p. 308 ‘Can one serve two masters?’ Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 97

p. 309 ‘the chances of a…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995

p. 309 ‘We survivors…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264

p. 309 ‘a break-out…’, Beck, OStA-AdR 522

p. 309 ‘Every step was exhausting,’ Behr conversation, 25 Oct. 1995

CHAPTER 19

p. 311 ‘just like at home’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 25 Dec. 1942, quoted in Bahr and Bahr, p. 195

p. 312 ‘in the German way…’, 24 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, N395/12

p. 313 ‘Odu frohliche’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 25 Dec. 1942, Bahr and Bahr, ?· 195

p. 313 ‘with husky voices’, Walter Kuber, ‘Von Weihnachten 1942 bis zumeiner Gefangennahme am 31.1.1943’, in Beck, p. 193

p. 313 ‘It is a…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 102

p. 313 ‘the divisional commander…’, Heinrich Simonmeier, Uffz., report, 29 July 1943, BA-MA, RH27- 16/43

p. 313 ‘No supply flights…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/236