p. 272 ‘the grateful army…’, letter, 15 Nov. 1942, Groscurth, p. 530
p. 274 ‘And be warned…’, Stahlberg, p. 212 p. 274 ‘When we entered…’, Stahlberg, p. 217
p. 275 ‘the troops in the area…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 275 ‘The whole Sixth Army…’, Henry Holze, in Kruse, p. 14
p. 275 ‘Yesterday and today…’, 26 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 275 ‘the most difficult question…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 96
p. 276 ‘Such an action…’, BA-MA, N601/v. 4, p. 13
p. 276 ‘I know that…’, Paulus, p. 83
p. 276 ‘Prussian field marshals…’, Rudolph-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Soldat im Untergang: Lebensbilder,p. 134
p. 276 ‘march out…’, Behr, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
p. 276 ‘Hold on…’, Paulus, order, 27 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/238
p. 276 Schmidt denial, BA-MA N601/v. 10, p. 12
p. 277 ‘We’re never going…’, Klaus, p. 35
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p. 278 ‘A systematic withdrawal…’, Wallrawe, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 278 ‘artillery and infantry…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472
p. 279 ‘The bolsheviks…’, Stolberg, report, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 159
p. 279 ‘It is said…’, TsAMO 206/294/47, Ρ·108
p. 279 ‘doubts about…’, Oblt. v.d. Sode, 16th Panzer Division, report, 12 Aug. 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 280 ‘Since the…’, Sold. K. P., 376th I.D., 14 Dec. 1942, BZG-S
p. 280 ‘Rations cut…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/237
p. 280 ‘It was defeatism…’, anonymous conversation
p. 281 ‘But surely it doesn’t matter…’, anonymous conversation
p. 281 forty-two air raids, Romer, report, 23 May 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 283 ‘The commanding officer…’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 18 Dec. 1942, Bähr and Bähr, p. 192
p. 284 ‘Miserably frozen…’ (original German), Ehrenburg papers, RGALI, 1207/2/3477
p. 284 ‘We squat…’, Reuber, letter, 3 Dec. 1942, quoted in Bähr and Bähr, p. 190
p. 284 ‘The plague of lice…’, report, OGefr. Heinrich, Pz. Regt 2, 28 July 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 284 ‘Underneath the lantern…’ (original German), TsAMO 206/294/48, Ρ. 452
p. 285 ‘Because of bad communications…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472
p. 285 ‘The failure of officers and commissars…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472
p. 286 ‘These Russians…’, Einsiedel, Tagebuch der Versuchung,p. 110
p. 286 ‘a tremendous education for victory…’, Zhukov, p. 151
p. 286 ‘The morale of…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/1/101
p. 287 ‘We were like gypsies…’, Glichov, conversation, 6 Nov. 1995
p. 287 spotted ‘a white mug with a rose’, Glichov, conversation, 14 Nov. 1995
p. 288 ‘When I killed…’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995
p. 288 ‘A soldier felt…’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995
p. 289 ‘very difficult’, Lazarev, conversation, 13 Nov. 1995
p. 290 ‘Listen, Herr General…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 97
p. 290 ‘Things seem…’, Groscurth, 3 Dec. 1942, p. 530
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p. 291 ‘I can’t remain…’, 11 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 212
p. 292 captured pilot, Obergefreiter Paul German (sic), TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 261
p. 293 ‘The trapped German forces…’, Zhukov, 29 Nov. 1942, p. 178
p. 296 ‘cornerstone’, quoted Paulus, p. 235
p. 296 ‘He described…’, Raus bequest, ÖStA-KA B/186: III
p. 297 ‘Intention: Fourth…’, BA-MA, RH19 VI, p. 60
p. 297 ‘Order for…’, General Raus, ÖStA-KA B/186: III
p. 298 ‘Once a unit…’, Gilbert (ed.), p. 17
p. 298 ‘a gigantic…’, Raus, ÖStA-KA B/186: III
p. 300 ‘Around the runway…’, Rohden, p. 46
p. 301 ‘Right down to…’, General Raus, ÖStA-KA B/186: III
p. 302 ‘Yesterday and today…’, Kolya Batyuk, 18 Dec. 1942, AMPSB 488/7955(5)
p. 303 ‘a steadily increasing…’, Wolfgang Eckart, ‘Von der Agonie einer missbrauchten Armee’, in Wette and Ueberschär (eds.), p. 109
p. 304 ‘without having received…’, Professor Dr Hans Girgensohn, ‘Der Hungertod in Stalingrad: Die Geschichte seiner Entdeckung’, privately published, 1992
p. 304 ‘The suspected causes…’, Girgensohn, ibid.
p. 304 ‘a large-scale experiment…’, 6 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RH20-6/796
p. 304 ‘luxurious’, Prof. Dr Hans Girgensohn, conversation, 22 Apr. 1996
p. 306 ‘stress illness’, Girgensohn, conversation, 22 Apr. 1996
p. 306 rats deprived of sleep, Dr Susan Greenfield in the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture, 28 Dec. 1994
p. 306 ‘There’s little new…’, Lt W. M., 22 Dec. 1942, BZG-S
p. 306 ‘Slowly, our brave…’, 30 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 307 ‘There stands a soldier…’, Sepp Wirrer, ‘Das Wolgalied’, Kamerad-schaft Stalingrad, Aug./Sept. 1983
p. 307 German Communists, Korfes, undated ms. in MGFA-P; and Dyatlenko ms.
p. 308 ‘crackling sound of the propaganda voice’, Hans Schmieder ms.
p. 308 ‘the ones with the…’, 6 Dec. 1942, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 102
p. 308 ‘Soldiers eagerly…’, 16 Sept. 1942, TsAMO 48/453/13, p. 36
p. 308 ‘“If German soldiers…”’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 488
p. 308 ‘Can one serve two masters?’ Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 97
p. 309 ‘the chances of a…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 309 ‘We survivors…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 309 ‘a break-out…’, Beck, ÖStA-AdR 522
p. 309 ‘Every step was exhausting,’ Behr conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
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p. 311 ‘just like at home’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 25 Dec. 1942, quoted in Bähr and Bähr, p. 195
p. 312 ‘in the German way…’, 24 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, N395/12
p. 313 ‘Odu fröhliche’, Kurt Reuber, letter, 25 Dec. 1942, Bähr and Bähr, Ρ· 195
p. 313 ‘with husky voices’, Walter Kuber, ‘Von Weihnachten 1942 bis zumeiner Gefangennahme am 31.1.1943’, in Beck, p. 193
p. 313 ‘It is a…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 102
p. 313 ‘the divisional commander…’, Heinrich Simonmeier, Uffz., report, 29 July 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 313 ‘No supply flights…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/236
p. 313 ‘If we do not receive…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/240
p. 314 ‘In our hearts…’, Oberstabarzt Dr Carl Otto Marckstadt, quoted in Schneider-Janessen, p. 146
p. 314 ‘Christmas naturally…’, letter, 28 Dec. 1942, quoted in Paulus, p. 89
p. 314 ‘Darling!…’, Dmitry Venkutov to his wife, 24 Dec. 1942, AMPSB 11480
p. 314 ‘Hello Mariya’, 24 Dec. 1942, AMPSB 739/13529
p. 315 ‘After reflecting…’, Toepke, p. 83
p. 315 ‘Thus a dozen…’, Hptm. d.R. Czygan, 8 Jan. 1943, BA-MA, RW4/v. 264, p. 205
p. 315 ‘Bloody losses…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/237
p. 316 ‘all the necessary…’, Adam, Der schwere Entschluss,p. 264
p. 316 ‘that Hitler…’, Dohna-Schlobitten, conversation, 16 Oct. 1995
p. 316 ‘372 tanks…’, BA-MA, RH19 VI/7, p. 59, and RH19 VI/8, p. 38
p. 316 ‘The enemy used…’, Uffz. Hans Urban, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, pp. 88–91
p. 317 ‘Our will for victory…’, 31 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/240, p. 119