D-Day. The Battle for Normandy
London, 2006, p. 95
p. 369 326th Infanterie-Division, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
21st Panzer-Division, FMS B-631
3rd Scots Guards, Major Charles Farrell, SWWEC 2001.960
‘wearing only a vest . . .’, Alexander McKee, Caen , London, 1965, p. 308 p. 370 Coastal battery at Granville and Aulock Kampfgruppe , BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘unforgettable sight . . .’, Gefreiter Spiekerkötter, 2nd Pionier Kompanie, 256th Infanterie-Division, BA-MA MSg 2/5526
p. 371 ‘The situation is extraordinarily . . .’, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘a most forceful order . . .’, Telephone Journal, Seventh Army, NA II 407/427/ 6431
Kluge to Eberbach, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
‘under all circumstances . . .’, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
p. 372 ‘Do not stop . . .’ and ‘facetiously suggested . . .’, General Doyle O. Hickey, Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24088
p. 373 action in Brécey, Captain Carlton Parish Russell, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
‘more dangerous than . . .’, Daily Operations, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/6431
‘a very jolly . . .’, Charles Whiting, Papa Goes to War , Marlborough, 1990, p. 66
p. 374 ‘take the first picture . . .’, Robert Capa, Slightly out of Focus , New York, 1947, p. 168
looting and lynch mob in Granville, Commissariat de Police de Granville, AdM 1370 W 1
‘ Ah, Monsieur . . .’, anon., MdC TE 388
‘Our boys got their souvenirs . . .’, Lieutenant D. S. Woodward, 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/ 427/24241
p. 375 Resistance attack in the Landes, LCMHA Misc 24
armoured train derailed Souillac, TNA DEFE 3/62
‘throughout history . . .’, Martin Blumenson (ed.), The Patton Papers, 1940-1945 , New York, 1974, p. 493
‘As many troops as possible . . .’, XV Corps, NA II 407/427/24203
p. 376 ‘Gentlemen, this breakthrough . . .’, Wilhelm Ritter von Schramm, BA-MA MSg 2/247
‘The enemy is not under any circumstances . . .’, Hans Speidel, We Defended Normandy , London, 1951, p. 138
‘round the corner into Brittany’, NA II 407/427/6431
p. 377 ‘One of our trucks . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Teague, 22nd Infantry, NA II 407/ 427/24021
VIII Corps and First Army prisoners, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France , New York, 2000, pp. 143-4 and 150
prisoners of 8th Division, Captain Graham V. Chamblee, 13th Infantry, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘We passed columns . . .’, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24034
rumours of German withdrawal to the Seine, Oberstleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von der Heydte, 6th Paratroop Regiment, FMS B-839
‘As we came over the crest . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson and Captain Wright, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24203
p. 378 ‘in a state of jitters’, Captain Wright, NA II 407/427/24203
Captain Ware’s account, NA II 407/427/ 24203
p. 379 ‘The small number of Germans . . .’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 6431
‘had a shattering effect . . .’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66
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p. 381 ‘a written declaration . . .’, SHD-DAT 13 P 33
‘intensify general guerrilla activity . . .’, SHD-DAT 13 P 33
‘a second General Patton . . .’, Lieutenant Harold H. Goodman, 13th Infantry, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘a brawny, jovial type’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France , New York, 2000, p. 166 p. 382 French Resistance in Rennes, 2nd Lieutenant Edward W. Overman, 90th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
relief of prisoners of war, Lieutenant Harold H. Goodman, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘One paratrooper ...’, Captain Joseph Gray, 13th Infantry, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
p. 383 ‘What in hell . . .’,Blumenson, p. 176
‘General Patton’s Household Cavalry’, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Goodwin, 6th Cavalry Group, NA II 407/427/24242
‘every night from ...’, Captain John C. Donley, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/ 427/24241
p. 384 ‘The first thing we did ...’, Lieutenant D. S. Woodward, 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/ 24241
‘pony express’, William M. King, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24241
replacements in Brittany, Captain John C. Donley, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/ 24241
‘better than expected ...’, Martin Blumenson (ed.), The Patton Papers, 1940-1945 , New York, 1974, p. 541
‘They aided in
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