CHAPTER 3
p. 21 ‘I know! It has already…’, Starinov, op. cit., in Bialer, p. 222
p. 22 ‘impetuous dash…’, Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories,p. 187
p. 22 ‘Our pilots feel…’, 4 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 48
p.23 ‘The Germans are coming…’, Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad,p. 121
p. 23 ‘the study of the…’, Erickson, ‘The development of Soviet military doctrine’, p. 7
p. 24 ‘political demands…’, captured document, APRF 3/58/451
p. 25 ‘I was with the troops…’, Starinov, op. cit., in Bialer, p. 237
p. 25 ‘a number of conclusions’, APRF, 45/1/478
p. 26 ‘I am dying…’, TsMVS
p. 26 ‘nearly always stubborn…’, APRF, 3/58/451
p. 27 ‘shocking and in comprehensible’, Gavrielova, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 27 ‘The hatred Fascism…’, Grossman, Life and Fate,p. 34
p. 27 ‘The Motherland Calls!’, TsMVS
p. 28 ‘Our aim is to defend…’, quoted in N. D. Dyatlenko MS.
p. 28 ‘Tomorrow, or…’, Ehrenburg collection, RGALI 1204/2/3453
p. 29 ‘the greatest battle…’, Sommerfeldt, pp. 95–6
p. 30 ‘Look closely…’, Malaparte, p. 61
CHAPTER 4
p. 31 ‘The vastness…’, 12 August 1941, quoted in Messenger, p. 150
p. 32 ‘up to forty miles…’, Gottfried von Bismarck MS.
p. 32 ‘the knights of modern warfare’, Podewils, p. 32
p. 35 ‘What a great…’, letter, 11 Oct. 1941, quoted in Paulus, p. 144
p. 35 ‘Strong-point after…’, letter, Lt-Gen. Himer, 2 Oct. 1941, quoted in Paulus, p. 143
p. 37 ‘rubbish’, quoted in Volkogonov, p. 422
p. 38 ‘with his impassive…’, Werth, The Year of Stalingrad,p. 104
p. 38 ‘Was the military parade…’, conversation, Ulko, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 39 ‘If they want a war of extermination…’, Werth, Russia at War,p. 246
p. 39 ‘There can be…’, Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad,p. 258
p. 40 ‘Many of the men…’, Gen. d. PZ. Tr. Rudolf Schmidt, XXXIX Panzer Corps, 13 Nov. 1941, quoted in Paulus, p. 145
p. 40 ‘This is no longer…’, quoted in Bartov, Hitler’s Army,p. 41
p.44 ‘a small army…’, Melnikov to Beria, 25 Sept. 1943, TsKhIDK, 451P/2/6
p. 44 ‘The German people…’, Hitler, quoted in Seydlitz, p. 114
p. 44 ‘You could see…’, Pabst, p. 54
p. 44 ‘photographing of executions…’, German reference: W 283/11.41c, 28 Nov. 1941, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/96
p. 45 ‘destroy and burn to ashes’, quoted in Volkogonov, p. 456
p.45 ‘Suicide in…’, order entitled ‘Suicide and Attempted Suicide’ of 17 Jan. 1942, TsAMO 48/453/21, p. 29
p. 45 ‘Christmas will not take place…’, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 468
p. 46 ‘You are under…’, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 346
p.46 ‘Notes for Those…’, TsAMO 206/294/48, pp. 471–4
p.47 ‘We want to return…’, Reichenau to XXIX Army Corps, 25 Dec. 1941, 01348/41, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/96
p. 47 ‘Front Letter No. 3’, TsAMO 206/294/12, pp. 17–19
CHAPTER 5
p. 52 ‘roughneck…’, quoted in Messenger, p. 61
p. 53 ‘more like a scientist…’, Kageneck, conversation, 24 Oct. 1995
p. 54 ‘Even his…’, letter, 11 Feb. 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 164
p. 54 ‘punitive measures’, VOTsDNI 113/14/306, quoted in Epifanov, p. 135
p. 55 SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, quoted in Klee and Dressen (eds.), p. 111
p. 55 ‘In various places…’, reproduced in Heer (ed.), p. 75
p. 55 ‘dishonourable for officers…’, Paget, p. 173
p. 56 ‘We cannot…’, quoted in Groscurth, p. 91
p. 56 ‘You should bring with you…’, quoted in Heer, p. 78
p. 56 more than 30,000, R. W. M. Kempner, SS im Kreuzverhör, Munich, 1964, p. 29
p. 56 Reichenau’s order, quoted in Klee and Dressen (eds.), p. 39
p. 57 village of Komsomolsk, TsAMO 206/294/48
p. 57 ‘Interrogations should end…’, TsAMO 48/453/21, p. 32
p. 57 ‘The Landsers go…’, 5 July 1942, TsAMO 206/294/48, p. 485
p. 58 ‘Führer’s Birthday’ and other examples all in BA-MA, N395/10
p. 58 ‘dead men lying…’, Kageneck, p. 30
p. 59 ‘We were afraid…’, Kageneck, pp. 32–3
p. 59 ‘Most of them…’, Malaparte, p. 121
p. 59 600 Soviet prisoners, Goldhagen, p. 157
p. 59 ‘should be left to starve’, BA-ΜA, N159/4, quoted in Messerschmidt, pp. 221–2
p. 59 ‘of cold, of starvation…’, Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad,p. 328
p. 59 Maximov, NKVD report, 4 Mar. 1943, TsAMO 226/335/7, p. 364
p. 60 ‘Their information on…’, 29 Mar. 1942, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/96
p. 60 ‘work only if…’, 16 Mar. 1942, RTsKhIDNI 17/125/96
p. 60 ‘My ambulance had…’, Dr Hans Heinz Schrömbgens, quoted in Schneider-Janessen, p. 136
p. 61 Feodosia, BA-MA, RW2/V. 151, 152, quoted in de Zayas, p. 181
p. 62 ‘Morale was…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 62 ‘Just be happy…’, Bruno Gebele, in Beck, p. 102
p. 63 ‘qualitative superiority…’, Förster, ‘Evolution and development of erman doctrine 1914–1945’, p. 7
p. 63 ‘My great concern…’, Bock diary, 8 May 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 176
p. 63 ‘that it was a farewell…’, Seydlitz, p. 147
p. 63 ‘The buildings…’, Seydlitz, p. 148
p. 65 ‘shells bounced…’, Kageneck, conversation, 24 Oct. 1995
p. 66 ‘The fighting methods…’, Uffz. Hans Urban, 389th I.D., BA-MA, RW4/V 264, p. 89
p. 67 ‘the German searchlights…’, MS. by unknown soldier in Ehrenburg papers, RGALI 1204/2/3453
p. 67 ‘the success…’, 20 May 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 166
p. 67 ‘How refreshing it is…’, 12 July 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 168
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, Bähr and Bähr, p. 137
p. 77 ‘Germany, I have not…’, Bähr and Bähr, p. 139
p.77 ‘Our lads have…’, Cpl István 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, Voennye Arkhivi Rossii, No. 1, 1993, p. 357
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