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bluntly...’, Blumentritt, ETHINT 73
    ‘because of the effect . . .’, General der Panzertruppen Eberbach, FMS A-922
    p. 237 ‘become imbued . . .’, Blumentritt, Chief of Staff OB West, FMS B-284
    ‘energetic, quick-witted...’, Speidel, FMS C-017
    ‘After a rather frosty . . .’, Speidel, FMS C-017
    p. 238 ‘German tanks are superior . . .’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
    ‘the British attacks . . .’, General Alfred Jodl, FMS A-913
    ‘jumped out of line . . .’, William Oatman, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, NWWIIM-EC
    p. 240 ‘The effect of the major conflicts . . .’, Keitel and Jodl, FMS A-915
    visit of Colonel Vassilievsky, Arthur Reddish, A Tank Soldier’s Story , privately published, undated, p. 56
    ‘are still on the Soviet-German front’, Major General Galaktionov, Pravda , 23 June
    ‘We know where . . .’, Ilya Ehrenburg, ‘The West Wind’, Pravda , 11 June
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    p. 242 ‘immediately deserted to the enemy’, Generalleutnant Dietrich von Choltitz, LXXXIV Corps, FMS B-418; and Oberst Eugen König, 91st Luftlande-Division, FMS B-010
    ‘to gain experience . . .’, NA II 407/427/ 24203
    ‘The prisoners we captured’, T/Sergeant Laurence E. Ousley, 330th Infantry, 83rd Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘We no longer have . . .’, NA II 407/427/ 6431
    p. 243 ‘Fallen for Greater Germany’, Jean-Claude Perrigault and Rolf Meister, Götz von Berlichingen - Normandie , Bayeux, 2005, p. 267
    ‘The Germans haven’t much left . . .’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France 1944 , New York, 2000, p. 23
    LXXXIV Corps daily losses, General Dietrich von Choltitz, De Sebastopol à Paris , Paris, 1964, p. 184
    ‘After having been . . .’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 10 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.)Inf.Div., 13 273 B, BfZ-SS
    p. 246 ‘to gain suitable terrain . . .’, NA II 407/427/24232
    attack of 30th Infantry Division, 7 July, NA II 407/427/24232
    p. 247 twelve Shermans knocked out, Pfc Bertrand J. Close, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
    ‘ Meine Frau und . . .’, Robert T. Gravelin, 23rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
    p. 248 ‘terriblemess’, NA II 407/427/24232
    ‘because of the element . . .’, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24037
    4th Division in marshland fighting, Major Yarborough, NA II 407/427/6431
    p. 249 ‘The Germans are staying . . .’, General Barton, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/6431
    ‘in comparing the average American . . .’, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘have no regard . . .’, NA II 407/427/ 24242
    ‘What do you want to do in Europe?’ TNA WO 171/337
    ‘Captivity is . . .’, Obergefreiter Hans S., 17 July, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058, 91.(LL.) Inf.Div., BfZ-SS
    p. 250 ‘Colonel, that was . . .’, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 6431
    ‘Company G had . . .’, NA II 407/427/ 6431
    p. 251 Panzer Lehr losses against British, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, FMS A-903
    ‘was not in a position . . .’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66
    ‘Because of its exhausted condition . . .’, Geyr von Schweppenburg, FMS B-466
    p. 252 Panzer Lehr losses in American sector, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66
    Panzer Lehr offensive, NA II 407/427/ 24232; and Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 67
    schmutziger Buschkrieg ’, Peter Lieb, Konventioneller Krieg oder Weltanschauungskrieg? , Munich, 2007, p. 176
    ‘the only good Jerry soldiers . . .’, E Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Folder Huch, William, DDEL
    p. 253 ‘Keep moving . . .’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148
    three times as many wounds, 9th Medical Battalion, NA II 407/427/7545 p. 254 ‘The sniper menace . . .’, NA II 407/ 427/24170
    ‘moles in the ground’, NA II 407/427/ 24242
    German rapid counter-attacks, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
    p. 256 Generalleutnant Richard Schimpf, 3rd Paratroop Division, FMS B-541
    p. 257 rhino tanks, Lieutenant John M. Wilder, ADC to General Hickey, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    ‘I talked to enough men . . .’, Forrest C. Pogue, Pogue’s War , Lexington, Kentucky, p. 105
    ‘Our younger men...’, Lieutenant Samuel E. Belk III, 320th Infantry, 35th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
    p. 258 ‘Practically all of the replacements . . .’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24021
    ‘Just before they . . .’, Paul Fussell, The Boys’ Crusade , New York,