p. 118 ‘the Volga was the last line…’, Glichov, conversation, 6 Nov. 1995
p. 119 ‘but Stalingrad will…’, Gefr. B. G., 3 Sept. 1942, BZG-S
p. 119 ‘According to…’, Sold. W. W., 305th I.D., 2 Sept. 1942, BZG-S
p. 119 ‘The ring round…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/216
p. 119 ‘Here, everyone…’, letter, 23 Aug. 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 169
CHAPTER 9
p. 121 ‘the fateful city’, letter, 3 Dec. 1942, Groscurth, p. 530
p. 123 ‘satisfying progress…’, Haider, 7 Sept. 1942, p. 518
p. 123 ‘That is a lie!’ quoted in Domarus, vol. ii, p. 1908
p. 123 ‘long stare…’, Warlimont, p. 269
p. 124 ‘a completely new…’, Below, p. 315
p. 124 ‘The tanks are no good…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 124 ‘The Russians attacked…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation,23 Oct. 1995
p. 124 ‘As far as the eye…’, Gefr. O. K., 13 Sept. 1942
p. 125 ‘What if your beloved…’, Stalinskoe znamia, 8 Sept. 1942
p. 125 ‘Do not count days…’, Zayas, p. 169
p. 125 ‘sad smell of…’, Simonov, Raznye dni voiny, vol. ii, pp. 175–6
p. 127 ‘Comrade Chuikov…’, Chuikov, p. 84
p. 128 ‘Time is blood’, Chuikov, p. 89
p. 128 ‘to get across the Volga…’, Chuikov, p. 93
p. 128 ‘experienced traitor…’, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 77
p. 129 ‘every German must…’, Chuikov, p. 80
p. 129 ‘strong positions…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/216
p. 129 ‘then fourteen days…’, Haider, p. 521
p. 129 ‘A mass of Stukas…’, Gefr. H. S., 389th I.D., BZG-S
p. 131 ‘Yeremenko says…’, Zhukov, p. 143
p. 131 ‘Both divisions…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/216
p. 133 ‘Major Stalin’, S. D. Lugansky, ‘Malenkov’, in Bialer, p. 455
p. 134 ‘the kites perched…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 618/2/108
p. 135 ‘flowed from Rodimtsev…’, conversation, Kidyarov, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 135 ‘Since yesterday…’, anon., 29th I.D. (mot.), 15 Sept. 1942, BZG-S
p. 136 ‘he was afraid of…’, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 77
p. 136 ‘Instead of taking…’, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 77
p. 137 ‘did not agree…’, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 78
p. 137 ‘These clouds of earth…’, Grossman, Life and Fate,p. 35
p. 138 ‘Stalingrad has been taken…’, TsAMO 3/11 556/10, quoted in Volkogonov, pp. 474–5
p. 138 ‘Whenever an Me-109…’, 4 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 48
p. 138 ‘As soon as Stuka…’, Max Plakolb, OStA-KAB/1540; Kalb interrogation, TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 70
p. 139 ‘Attack target area…’, Herbert Pabst, letters, quoted in Bähr and Bähr, pp. 186–8
p. 139 ‘The soldiers’…’, Dr Günther Diez, Schneider-Janessen, p. 130
p. 141 ‘Each Guards soldier…’, conversation, Kidyarov, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 142 ‘The air is filled…’, BA-MA, RH27-16/42
p. 142 ‘It’s not a human…’, Podewils, p. 115
p. 142 ‘Home is so far…’, Herbert Pabst, quoted in Bähr and Bähr, Ρ 184
p. 142 ‘Hello, my dear Palina!’, AMPSB 22789
p. 142 The Germans won’t…’, AMPSB 752-/5.481
p. 143 ‘left the line of defence…’, Dobronin to Stalingrad Front Military Council, 3 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, pp. 9, 30–32
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p. 145 ‘necessity of indoctrinating…’, Haider, p. 528
p. 145 ‘The general staff…’, 19 Aug. 1942, Groscurth, p. 548
p. 146 ‘ready to film…’, Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 246
p. 146 ‘the battle flag…’., BA-MA, RH20-6/216, p. 51
p. 146 ‘in much too rosy…’, quoted in Boelcke, p. 365
p. 146 ‘from morning… highly nervous’, 29 Aug. 1942, Groscurth, p. 550
p. 148 ‘fighting in the…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 618/2/108
p. 148 ‘like a layered cake’, Goncharov, conversation, 25 Nov. 1995
p. 148 ‘an aberration in the art of war’, Förster, ‘Evolution and development of German doctrine…’, p. 2
p. 149 ‘The enemy is…’, Strecker, Haller, p. 90
p. 149 ‘Not a house is left…’, Lt Anselm Radbruch, letter, 26 Sept. 1942, Bähr and Bähr, p. 174
p. 149 ‘The defenders have…’, Max Plakolb, ÖStA-KA B/1540
p. 149 ‘Make a mistake…’, Smirnov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 150 ‘If only you could…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/1/100
p. 150 25 million rounds, BA-MA, RH20-6/216, p. 58
p. 150 ‘The Russkies…’, Gefr. O. K., Pion. Bt 45, 16 Sept. 1942, BZG-S
p. 151 ‘We lie exhausted…’, Klaus, p. 20
p. 151 ‘The Russians’ unchallenged…’, Sixth Army war diary, 15 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/221
p. 152 ‘in Stalingrad…’, Tsygankov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 152 ‘On the other side…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 681/2/108
p. 153 ‘Vanyusha…’, Tsygankov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 153 ‘Further weapon training…’, 3 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 10
p. 154 ‘the gaunt and melancholy’, Grossman papers, RGALI 618/2/108
p. 154 ‘Look after your…’, TsAMO 48/486/39, p. 21
p. 155 ‘covered in icicles…’, Tsygankov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 155 ‘Shells exploding…’, Col. Vishnevsky, 17 Nov. 1942, AMPSB 602/10343
p. 157 ‘every imaginable sort…’, Lazar Ilich Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995
p. 157 ‘military tribunal of NKVD Forces’, RTsKhIDNI 17/43/1773
p. 157 ‘physically and spiritually…’, Gavrielova, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 157 ‘brought over a hundred…’, and ‘threw grenades…’, TsMVS
p. 157 Kochnevskaya, 21 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 268
p. 158 ‘thousands of wounded…’, Sterman, conversation, 7 Nov. 1995
p. 158 ‘They often closed…’, Professor Krimskaya, quoted in Schneider-Janessen, p. 134
p. 158 Yekaterina Petlyuk, John Erickson, ‘Soviet women in war’, in Garrard and Garrard (eds.), p. 66
p. 158 ‘I had never seen…’, Simonov, Raznye dni voiny,p. 187
p. 159 ‘In hospital…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/1/100
p. 159 ‘socialist competition’, Dobronin to Shcherbakov, 28 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, pp. 297–8
p. 159 ‘If they don’t…’, 4 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 47
p. 160 ‘it seemed as though…’, Maj. V. Velichko, ‘The 62nd Army’, in USSR, Stalingrad,p. 148
p. 161 ‘white symmetrical…’, Nekrassov, p. 82
p. 162 ‘Russian women…’, Uffz. Hans Urban, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 89
p. 162 ‘One more battle…’, Chuikov, p. 167
p. 162 ‘You can’t imagine…’, Gefr. H. S., 389th I.D., BZG-S
p. 163 ‘the confusing…’, Viktor Kainzer, Jäg.-Rgt 54, Stalingradbund Österreich, May 1984
p. 164 ‘Where are you?’ Chuikov, p. 184
p. 164 ‘For the defenders…’, 17 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 216
p. 165 ‘no man will shift…’, quoted in Domarus, vol. ii, pp. 1914, 1916
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p. 166 ‘We Russians were…’, Smirnov, conversation, 22 Nov. 1995
p. 166 ‘In the blazing city…’, Chuikov, p. 223
p. 166 ‘Those who do not…’, Stalinskoe znamia, 4 Sept. 1942
p. 166 ‘the defeatist mood…’, 8 Oct. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 74
p. 167 German tanks protect deserters, TsAMO 48/486/24, p. 20