CHAPTER 6
p. 69 ‘If we don’t take…’, Paulus, p. 157
p. 71 ‘the fateful place’, Podewils, p. 29
p. 73 ‘The Russian tanks…’, Podewils, pp. 47–8
p. 73 ‘shot them…’, TsAMO 230/586/1, p. 78
p. 74 ‘During the…’, Bock diary, 3 July 1942, Paulus, p. 185
p.75 ‘As far as the eye…’, Podewils, p. 47
p. 75 ‘It was almost…’, Kageneck, conversation, 24 Oct. 1995
p. 76 ‘an ocean that…’, Strecker, 19 July 1942, Haller, p. 44
p. 76 ‘Black figures…’, Podewils, p. 44
p. 77 ‘A really small boy…’, 5 July 1942, Bahr and Bahr, p. 137
p. 77 ‘Germany, I have not…’, Bahr and Bahr, p. 139
p.77 ‘Our lads have…’, Cpl Istvan Balogh, diary entry, 24 July 1942, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/97
p. 78 ‘We were starved…’, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 147
p. 80 Rattenhuber’s interrogation by SMERSH on 28 Nov. 1945,
p. 81 ‘The constant…’, Haider, 23 July 1942, p. 489
p.81 ‘a sun-ray cure’, quoted in Stahlberg, p. 308
p. 81 ‘absolute League of Nations army’, quoted in Messenger, p. 149
p. 82 ‘amid silent people…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/97
p. 82 ‘enough to buy…’, interrogation 26 Sept. 1942, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 561
p. 82 ‘A man went to…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/97
p. 83 98,000 casualties, Mark Axworthy, ‘The Romanian soldier at the siege of Odessa’, in Addison and Calder, p. 227
p. 83 ‘The habit of looting…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/97
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p. 84 ‘They’ve forgotten…’, TsAMO 3/11 556/9, Volkogonov, p. 459
p. 84 ‘anyone who removes…’, Order 270 of 16 Aug. 1941, TsAMO 298/2526/5a, quoted in Volkogonov, p. 427
p. 85 ‘Panic-mongers…’, 16 Aug. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/28, p. 8
p. 85 ‘to combat cowardice’, Zhukov to Stalin, quoted in Volkogonov, p. 469
p. 85 ‘traitor to the…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1774
p. 85 422,700 Red Army men, Erickson, ‘Red Army battlefield performance’, in Addison and Calder, p. 236
p. 85 ‘atone with…’, TsAMO 48/486/28, p. 15
p.85 ‘already wounded…’, Dobronin to Shcherbakov, 29 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 315
p. 86 ‘pale because they…’, Nikolay Filin, ‘Kak i pochemu ya byl agentom SMERSh’,
p. 86 ‘It is very difficult…’, Ehrenburg papers, RGALI 1284/2/3466
p. 86 ‘of the treatment…’, order from Second Panzer Army, 9 Feb. 1942, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/96
p. 87 ‘Most of the soldiers…’, 10 Aug. 1942, TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 10
p. 87 ‘a sin against…’, TsAMO 48/453/13, pp. 4–7
p. 87 ‘as hot…’, letter, 9 July 1942, quoted in Haller, p. 192; ‘53 degrees in the sun’, Groscurth, p. 527
p. 87 ‘The Russians have…’, Gefr. H. S., 389th I.D., 10 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 87 ‘Soviet bombers…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 88 ‘the plague of flies…’, Dr Gunther Diez, quoted in Schneider-Janessen, p. 130
p. 88 ‘To be honest…’, 19 July 1942, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 485
p. 89 horsebrush, TsAMO 48/486/28, p. 15
p. 89 ‘about this senseless task’, Podewils, p. 98
p. 90 ‘hiding in a ditch’, 31 July 1942, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 251
p. 90 ‘They had a longer range…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 91 ‘They would have quickly…’, Simonov,
p. 92 ‘Russians resisting…’, 2, 3, 5 and 6 Aug. 1942, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 486
p. 92 night-fighter regiment, Sterman, conversation, 7 Nov. 1995
p. 94 ‘Papa Hube’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 94 ‘consuming so many…’, Behr, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
p. 94 ‘old warhorse’, Dohna-Schlobitten, conversation, 16 Oct. 1995
p. 94 ‘too pessimistic’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 94 ‘Not an encouraging sight…’, Podewils, p. 85
p. 95 ‘whenever a Russian…’, Metelmann, conversation, 12 Apr. 1996
p. 95 ‘an enormous herd of elephants’, Seydlitz, p. 158
p. 96 ‘The Russians are…’, quoted Paulus, p. 187
p. 96 ‘
p. 96 181st Rifle Division, conversation, Tsygankov, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 97 ‘the many, many…’, Sold. H. R., 9 Aug. 1942, 389th I.D., BZG-S
p. 97 seventy-two corpses, 24 Sept. 1942, TsAMO 62/335/7
p. 97 ‘The Russians can…’, Gefr. W. V., 9 Aug. 1942, 305th I.D., BZG-S
p. 97 ‘The only consolation…’, Sold. B. B., 389th I.D., 14 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 97 ‘workers’columns’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1773
p. 98 petroleum-storage tanks, Nefyodova and Grebennikova, conversation, 23 Nov. 1995
p. 98 ‘Do you want to defend…?’ Albert, conversation, 23 Nov. 1995
p. 98 high-school pupils, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1774
p. 99 Traitor to the Party…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1774
p. 99 ‘special attention to the investigation…’, Dobronin to Shcherbakov, 18 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 240
p. 99 ‘advising him to…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1774
p. 99 ‘political and moral degeneracy…’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1774
p. 100 ‘the end of the world…’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995
p. 100 ‘After the Don…’, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 485
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p. 103 ‘a very exhilarating…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 103 ‘General Paulus…’, Richthofen diary, 20 Aug. 1942, Paulus, p. 188
p. 103 ‘to cripple…’, Richthofen diary, 23 Aug. 1942, Paulus, p. 188
p. 103 ‘Make use of today!’ Podewils, p. 107
p. 104 ‘in tightly packed groups’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 104 ‘Stalingrad, the city of Stalin…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/216
p. 104 ‘a day which…’, Gavrielova, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995