D-Day. The Battle for Normandy

2003, p. 108
    p. 259 ‘a high probability . . .’, ibid., p. 110
    ‘Riflemen must leave...’, FUSAG ‘Battle Experiences’, NA II 407/427/24148
    ‘To get down fast . . .’, Robert B. Bradley, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, MdC TE 366
    p. 260 ‘a sphygmomanometer . . .’, 29th Infantry Division, Combat Exhaustion Survey, June-August,NAII 407/427/24035/84 p. 262 ‘Krammer, a capable . . .’ and ‘a nice Heimatschuss ’, Obergefreiter Hans S. 15.7.44, 9.Kp./Gren.Rgt.1058 91.(LL.)Inf.Div. 13 273 B, BfZ-SS
    ‘apparently few . . .’, L. B. Kalinowsky, American Journal of Psychiatry , Vol. 107, 1950; and TNA WO 177/316
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CAEN AND THE HILL OF CALVARY
    p. 263 ‘Ike is considerably less . . .’, Harry C. Butcher, Three Years with Eisenhower , London, 1946, p. 512
    Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy , New York, 1983, pp. 268-9
    p. 265 ‘a twenty-five centimeter . . .’, Erich Wohlgemut, quoted Hubert Meyer, The 12th SS , Vol. I, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 2005, p. 463
    1st SS Panzergrenadier-Regiment, Kriegstagebuch Panzer Group West/Fifth Panzer Army, BA-MA MSg 2/4831
    p. 266 ‘wounded as well as dead’ and ‘No prisoners are taken . . .’, Alexander McKee, Caen: Anvil of Victory , London, 1965, pp. 199 and 197
    Canadians and 43rd Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24200
    ‘Please do not hesitate . . .’, 25 June, PDDE, p. 1949
    ‘in maximum volume’, 25 June, ibid., p. 1952
    p. 267 ‘There was high cloud . . .’, Lieutenant T. T. Ritson, RHA, diary
    ‘We could see . . .’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division
    ‘a magnificent spectacle’, W. Kingsley, IWM P424
    ‘I sat smoking a cigarette . . .’, Major Peter Griffin, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, letter 8 July, NAC/ANC R5067-0-0-E
    ‘The awful thing was . . .’, Captain Michael Bendix, Coldstream Guards, SWWEC 2000-356
    ‘The sight was frightening . . .’, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE 120 p. 268 ‘Imagine a rat . . .’, MdC TE 149
    ‘We had the impression . . .’, MdC TE 145
    ‘Monsieur le Curé . . .’, MdC TE 149
    ‘a grandiose procession . . .’, MdC TE 145 p. 269 6,000 casualties, Robert Thornburrow, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, 43rd Wessex Division, MdC TE120
    350 deaths, CRHQ
    Lieutenant Colonel Kraminov, MdC TE 246
    bombing of Caen, ‘Observations on Bomber Command Attack on Caen, 7 July 1944’, TNA AIR 37/1255, quoted in D’Este, p. 315
    p. 270 ‘a heap of ruins . . .’, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
    French squadrons, logbook of Roger Piroutet, MdC TE 262
    ‘There were all sorts of casualties . . .’, Rev. Jim Wisewell, 223 Field Ambulance, SWWEC T1141
    p. 271 ‘a group of terrified . . .’, William Helm, ‘The Normandy Field Diary of a Junior Medical Officer in 210 Field Ambulance’, 177th Brigade, 59th Infantry Division
    ‘The Germans are leaving!’, André Heintz diary, MdC TE 32 (1-4)
    p. 272 ‘Where is the River Orne?’, Max Maurin, MdC TE 77 (2)
    Les Petites Soeurs des Pauvres, Mme Laberthe, MdC TE 74
    ‘At last . . .’, Major L. J. Massey, civil affairs team, MdC TE 167
    Canadian captain and restaurant, Mme Lucie Corbasson, MdC TE 49
    p. 273 ‘Most of the women . . .’, Sapper Douglas Waite, Royal Engineers, MdC TE 182
    10 July parade, Place Saint-Martin, Henriette Guibé, MdC TE 237
    p. 274 ‘Kalvarienberg’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/ 4832
    ‘a small, fiery . . .’, Michael Carver, Out of Step , London, 1989, p. 193
    Sergeant W. Partridge, 4th Somerset Light Infantry, SWWEC 2006.419
    p. 275 Maltot, Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502, BA-MA MSg 2/4832
    ‘He had been hit . . .’, Corporal Jones, quoted in McKee, p. 230
    p. 276 ‘slit trenches scraped . . .’, Corporal D. Proctor, ‘Section Commander’, DWS
    ‘Not a metre . . .’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/4832
    ‘ einer Milchsuppe ’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/4832
    ‘They’re brave . . .’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/ 4832
    ‘We had a scene . . .’, 9th SS Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen , BA-MA MSg 2/ 4832
    ‘ Schlüsselstellung ’,HubertMeyer,BA-MA MSg 2/4832
    p. 277 ‘infiltrate the enemy position . . .’, Sergeant W. Partridge, SWWEC 2006.419
    ‘Struggling in desperation . . .’, Corporal D. Proctor, ‘Section Commander’, DWS
    ‘anguished cries . . .’, Sergeant