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
CHAPTER 7
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’, Vechernyaya Moskva, 25 Nov. 1995
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 Günther 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, Raznye dni voiny,p. 180
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 ‘höchst primitiv’, Podewils, p. 95
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
CHAPTER 8
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
p. 104 ‘Comrades, an air-raid…’, Nekrassov, p. 82
p. 104 ‘not just industrial…’, Grigorev, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 105 ‘literally had to drag…’, Nefyodova, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 105 ‘Before filling in…’, Goncharov, conversation, 23 Nov. 1995
p. 106 1,600 sorties, 1,000 tons, Plocher, p. 231
p. 106 ‘No one bothered…’, Goncharov, conversation, 23 Nov. 1995
p. 106 ‘Around Gumrak…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 107 ‘seemed to think…’, Albert, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 107 ‘Oh, they’re finished now!’ Grossman papers, RGALI 618/2/108
p. 107 ‘the soldiers…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 107 ‘We had started…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 107, ‘The Volga is reached!’ BA-MA, RH20-6/216
p. 107 ‘a feeling of…’, Langsdorff, p. 194
p. 108 ‘We looked at the…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 108 ‘the girls refused…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 618/2/108
p. 108 ‘stayed at her post…’, Goncharov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 108 ‘Right until the late…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 108 ‘It is completely…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 109 ‘We shall never surrender…’, TsMVS
p. 109 ‘deserted his post’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1773
p. 110 ‘Yesterday we reached…’, Gefr. E. R. 16th Pz. Div., 25 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 110 ‘mit Eleganz’, Gefr. B. G., 2 Sept. 1942, BZG-S
p. 111 ‘gunboats’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 111 ‘We know how…’, Podewils, p. 117
p. 112 ‘like a calm lake’, Podewils, p. 105
p. 112 ‘Soon we too will…’, Gefr. B. G., 24 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 112 ‘The song will really…’, Uffz. W. W., 27 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 112 ‘You can’t imagine…’, Sold. H. R., 389th I.D., 28 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 113 ‘very nervous’, Richthofen diary, Paulus, p. 188
p. 113 ‘the closer the…’, Strecker, Haller, p. 89
p. 113 ‘We will not abandon…’, 26 Aug. 1942, TsMVS
p. 114 ‘Many men have…’, Dobronin to Shcherbakov, 29 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 308
p. 114 ‘Concentration of enemy…’, ÖStA-KA B/1540
p. 115 ‘led a battalion…’, Dobronin to Shcherbakov, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 78
p. 115 ‘This silver streak…’, Podewils, p. 119
p. 115 ‘Gentlemen, flying for fun…’, Einsiedel, p. 12
p. 116 ‘This shitty Russia’, Uffz. H. T., 71st I.D., 30 Aug. 1942, BZG-S
p. 117 ‘worried and angry’, Glichov, conversation, 6 Nov. 1995
p. 117 ‘What’s the matter…’, Volkogonov, p. 461
p. 118 ‘Delay at this moment’, Erickson, The Road to Stalingrad,p. 384
p. 118 The Germans also suffered…, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 118 ‘Hello, my dear ones!’ V. M. Kovalov, 2 Sept. 1942, AMPSB 258/4904