X Troop, Harry Nomburg, NWWIIM-EC, and Peter Masters, NWWIIM-EC
Kieffer, MdC TE 131
p. 140 ‘Gentlemen, this is the invasion…’, letter from Otto Günsche, 2 October 1981, quoted in Hubert Meyer, The 12th SS, Vol. I, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 2005, p. 97
‘a tall wiry…’, Milton Shulman, Defeat in the West, London, 1988, pp. 118-19
p. 141 Château de Bénouville, Louise Moulin, MdC TE 350
Oppeln-Bronikowski’s change of orders, Generalmajor Wilhelm Richter, 716th Infantry Division, FMS B-621
Marcks, Seventh Army telephone records captured in August by 1st Polish Armored Division, NA II 407/427/6431
‘in no position to judge’ and ‘The main landing…’, Generalleutnant Bodo Zimmermann, OB West, FMS B-308
p. 142 ‘fill a crater…’, NA II 407/427/ 24170
p. 143 ‘deep concrete pillboxes…’, ‘fought with determination…’ and ‘blown out of their emplacements…’, Current Reports from Overseas, No. 56, NA II 407/427/ 24170
p. 144 André Heintz, diary, MdC, TE 32 (1- 4); and Dr Robert Chaperon, MdC TE 42
p. 145 destruction in Caen, MdC TE 283
‘One could see…’, Félix Drougard, MdC TE 3
‘If only I was a little less fat’, MdC TE 149
looter, MdC TE 149 p. 146 Défense Passive etc., MdC TE 193
‘magnificent attitude…’, SIPEG (Service interministériel de protection contres les évènements de guerre) report of 10 June, AN AJ/41/56
executions in Caen prison, Jean-Baptiste Pierre (Surveillant-Chef Adjoint de la Maison d’Arrêt de Caen), MdC TE 521
‘Oh, no!…’, ‘pale and evidently terrified’ and ‘The German army is honest’, Madame Blanche Néel, MdC TE 201
p. 147 ‘With a bestial frenzy…’, Nadine Speck MdC TE 2
‘useless as well as criminal’, Max Maurin, MdC TE 77 (2)
800 deaths in Caen, 600 on 6 June and 200 on 7 June, CRHQ
‘The town is in flames…’, ‘almost destroyed’ and ‘all the gendarmes…’, SIPEG report of 10 June, AN AJ/41/56
p. 148 ‘In Westminster Abbey…’, Mollie Panter-Downes, London War Notes, London, 1971, p. 328
‘It has been very hard…’, Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke, War Diaries 1939-1945, London, 2001, p. 555 (6 June)
p. 149 Eadie and ‘Fireflies’, see Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy, New York, 1983
‘I suppose that’s what…’, Lieutenant Cyril Rand, 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, MdC TE 499
‘It equally impressed…’, NA II 407/ 427/24170
p. 150 ‘the enemy annihilated…’, Seventh Army telephone records, NA II 407/427/ 6431
‘He was still convinced…’, Nicolaus von Below, Als Hitlers Adjutant, 1937-1945, Mainz, 1980, p. 374
Panzer Lehr Division, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, Panzer Lehr Division, ETHINT 66
‘What’s happened to…’, BA-MA MSg2/5025
p. 151 4,649 US seaborne casualties, Omar Bradley, A Soldier’s Story, New York, 1951, p. 242
11. SECURING THE BEACHHEADS
p. 152 29th Division headquarters, NA II 407/427/24034
farmhands and Pennsylvania coal miners, 29th Division, WWII VS
‘The sea was like…’, Oberstleutnant Ziegelmann, 352nd Infanterie-Division, FMS B-489
p. 153 MP Sergeant, Melvin Asche, 1006th Seabea Detachment, MdC TE 126
‘looked at us…’, Madame Huet-Patry, Vierville-sur-Mer, MdC TE 22
‘I guess they didn’t know…’, Barnett Hoffner, 6th Engineer Special Brigade, NWWIIM-EC
p. 154 ‘deloused’ areas, Forrest C. Pogue, Pogue’sWar,Lexington,Kentucky, 2001,p. 63
USS Harding, Walter Vollrath Jr, USN, NWWIIM-EC
p. 155 ‘Again Colonel Rudder…’, Elmer H. Vermeer, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, with 2nd Ranger Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; also Lieutenant Francis W. Dawson, 5th Ranger Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; and Lieutenant Rex F. Gibson, Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/ 24242
‘stumble-footed action’, NA II 407/427/ 24034
bartering, Brugger, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘Hey, I need a hedgerow…’, Oscar Rich, 5th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
A-1 landing strip, W. G. Schuler, 382nd Air Service Squadron, 84th Group, NWWIIM-EC evacuation of wounded by air, Louise Anthony de Flon, 816th Medical Air Evacuation, MdC TE 177
p. 156 Gerhardt, see Joseph Balkoski, Beyond the Beachhead, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 1999, pp. 44-50
‘Sergeant, I want you…’, John Hooper, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
V Corps plan, Oberst Ziegelmann, 352nd Infanterie-Division, FMS B-489 and B-636
p. 157 ‘the Führer personally…’, General Günther Blumentritt, OB West, FMS B-637, p. 263
‘a tough learning period…’, Lieutenant Cameron K. Brooks, 115th Infantry, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
‘Lieutenant Kermit Miller…’, NA II 407/427/24240; and Captain S. S. Suntag, 115th Infantry, NA II 407/427/24242
‘It was nearly midnight…’, NA II 407/ 427/24240
‘trouble from those…’, Captain Otto Graas, Headquarters Company, 29th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
p. 158 Gerhardt and ‘Vixen Tor’, Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘John Doughfoot looked…’, Lieutenant George Wash, 224th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
‘an American on a white horse…’, Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC
Isigny, Edwin R. Schwartz, 747th Tank Battalion, NWWIIM-EC; Staff Sergeant Lester Zick, Anti-tank Company, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, NWWIIM-EC; and Balkoski, pp. 170-74
p. 159 ‘Rubble was everywhere…’, Lieutenant George Wash, 224th Field Artillery Battalion, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24242
Generalleutnant von Schlieben, FMS B-845
‘17.00 hours went into…’, Captain Claude J. Mercer, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
p. 160 Montebourg, Louis Lucet, MdC TE 107; and Valognes, MdC TE 111
Georgians at Turqueville, Captain Le GrandK.Johnson, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, NA II 407/427/24242
‘and Jerry went from one to another…’, Lieutenant George W. Goodridge, 44th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Division, NA II 407/427/24240
‘Their throats had been cut…’, Captain Claude J. Mercer, 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/24242
‘sniping coming from a building…’, Sergeant W. C. Cowards, 22nd Infantry, 4th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
p. 161 ‘France was like…’, Captain Robert E. Walker, 19th Infantry Division, WWII VS
‘couldn’t trust them in Normandy’, Pfc Robert Boyce, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, WWII VS
‘we saw in the ditches…’, Barnett Hoffner, 6th Engineer Special Brigade, NWWIIM-EC
Sgt Prybowski, Captain Elmer G. Koehler, Battalion Surgeon, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24242
p. 162 Hill 30, Tomaso William Porcella, 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; and Kenneth J. Merritt, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, NWWIIM-EC
‘There were so many…’, Edward C. Boccafogli, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, NWWIIM-EC
90th Division firing at prisoners, Max Hastings, Overlord, London, 1989, p. 154
p. 163 ‘He was sitting out…’, Pogue, pp. 111-12