Between Giants (68 page)

9
.   Bagramian, I. (1984)
So Schritten Wir Zum Sieg
, Berlin: Militärverlag der DDR, p.344

10
. Schäufler, H. (1983)
So Lebten Sie und So Starben Sie
, Bamberg: Kameradschaft Ehemaliger Panzer-Regiment 35 eV, p.232

11
. Plato, A. von (1978)
Die Geschichte der 5. Panzer Division
, Regensburg: Walhalla & Praetotia, p.358

12
. Bagramian, pp.343–44

13
. Bagramian, p.345

14
. Manteuffel, H. von (1965)
Die 7. Panzer-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg
, Krefeld: Schaberg, p.423

15
. Bagramian, p.344

16
. Quoted in Bagramian, p.346

17
. Bagramian, pp.345–46

18
. Plato, pp.358–59

19
. Plato, p.359

20
. Bagramian, p.348

21
. Niepold (1987), pp.47–48

22
. Bagramian, pp.352–53

23
. Schäufler (1983), pp.232–33

24
. Byrd, R. (2006)
Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of 36th Panzer Regiment 1939–1945
, Solihull: Helion, p.133

25
. Bagramian, p.354

26
. Niepold (1987), pp.52–53

27
. Neumann, J., pp.465–66

28
. Plato, pp.360–61, Niepold (1987), p.68

29
. Neumann, J., pp.469–71

30
. Niepold (1987), p.73

31
. Quoted in Niepold (1987), p.78

32
. Neumann, J., p.474

33
. Niepold (1987), p.81

34
. Neumann, J., p.475, Niepold (1987), p.82

35
. Bagramian, p.357

36
. Kuznetsov, N. (2000)
Koorsom k Pobyedye
, Moscow: Golos, pp.411–18

37
. Tieke, W. (2001):
Tragedy of the Faithful – a History of the III. (Germanisches) SS-Panzer-Korps
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, pp.157–58

38
. Niepold (1987), pp. 87–88

39
. Bagramian, p.360

40
. Bagramian, pp.361–62

41
. Bagramian, pp.363

42
. Bagramian, pp.365–67

43
. Neumann, J., p.487

44
. Bagramian, p.368

45
. Plato, p.361

46
. Plato, p.361

47
. Niepold (1987), p.94

48
. Schäufler (1983), pp.234–35

49
. Meckl, R.,
Wartezimmer des Todes
in Schäufler, H. (1973)
Die Weg War Weit
, Neckargemünd: Vowinckel, pp.197–98

50
. Meckl, p.198

51
. Tieke, p.162

52
. Hiio, T.
Combat in Estonia in 1944
in Hiio, T. (2006)
Estonia, 1940–1945: Reports of the Estonian International Commission for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity
, Estonian Foundation for the Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity, Tallinn: Kistler-Ritso, pp.1,035–1,094

53
. Tieke, pp.171–72

54
. Bagramian, pp.369–70

55
. Kurowski, F. (2002)
Bridgehead Kurland
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, pp.19–20

Chapter 9

1
.   Eidintas, A, Žalys, V, Senn, A (1999)
Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940,
New York: St. Martin’s Press, p. 86

2
.   Gerutis, A.
Independent Lithuania
in Gerutis, A. (ed.)
Lithuania: 700 Years (1984)
, translated by Budreckis, A., New York: Manyland Books, pp.247–49

3
.   Bagramian, I. (1984)
So Schritten Wir Zum Sieg
, Berlin: Militärverlag der DDR, pp.371–72

4
.   Bagramian, p.375

5
.   Bagramian, pp.377–78

6
.   Niepold, G. (1988)
12. Panzerdivision (2. Inf. Div.) Pommern 1921–1945
, self-published, pp.107–108

7
.   Tieke, W. (2001):
Tragedy of the Faithful – a History of the III. (Germanisches) SS-Panzer-Korps
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, p.175

8
.   Bagramian, p.381

9
.   Plato, A. von (1978)
Die Geschichte der 5. Panzer Division
, Regensburg: Walhalla & Praetoria, p.363

10
. Bagramian, p.384

11
. Bagramian, pp.387–88

12
. Neumann, J. (1989)
Die 4. Panzer Division 1943–1945
, Bonn: self-published, p.505

13
. Bagramian, pp.397–98

14
. Plato, pp.363–64

15
. Huber, J. (1994)
So War es Wirklich
, self-published, p.72

16
. Huber, pp.72–78

17
. Bagramian, p.389

18
. Dieckert, K., Grossmann, H. (2002)
Die Kampf um Ostpreussen
, Munich: Motor Buch Verlag, p.31

19
. Bagramian, pp.393–94

20
. Plato, p.365

21
. Spaeter, H. (1995)
History of the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, pp.389–90; Niepold (1987), p.413

22
. Bagramian, pp.396–97

23
. Neumann, J., pp.510–11

24
. Bagramian, p.398

25
. Bagramian, p.400

26
. Bagramian, pp.400–01

27
. Bagramian, pp.403–04

28
. Silgailis, A. (1986)
Latvian Legion,
San Jose: Bender, pp.122–24

29
. Bagramian, pp.405–06

30
. Neumann, J., pp.520–22

31
. Bagramian, pp.410–11

32
. Uustalu, E. (1952)
The History of the Estonian People,
London: Boreas, p.350

33
.
Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas Centrālais Arhīvs,
Riga, P-40/5/22, P-40/5/26

34
. Felder, B. (2009)
Lettland im Zweiten Weltkrieg
, Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, p.337

35
. Felder (2009), p.339

36
. Winterton, P., quoted in Misiunas, R., Taagepera, R. (1993)
The Baltic States – Years of Dependence 1940–1990,
London: Hurst, p.72

37
. Vīksne, R., Kangeris, K. (eds) (1999)
No NKVD Līdz KGB. Politiskās Prāvas Latvijā 1940–1986,
Riga: Latvijas Vēstures institūta apgāds, p.972

38
. Dieckert and Grossmann, p.53

39
. Christern, H., quoted in Schäufler, H. (1983)
So Lebten Sie und So Starben Sie,
Bamberg: Kameradschaft Ehemaliger Panzer-Regiment 35 eV, pp.238–39

Chapter 10

1
.   Plakans, A. (1995)
The Latvians: A Short History,
Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p.50

2
.   Quoted in Kurowski, F. (2002)
Bridgehead Kurland
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, p.90

3
.   Bagramian, I. (1984)
So Schritten Wir Zum Sieg,
Berlin: Militärverlag der DDR, p.411

4
.   Bagramian, p.412

5
.   Neumann, J. (1989)
Die 4. Panzer Division 1943–1945,
Bonn: self-published, pp.522–23

6
.   Neumann, J., pp.524–28

7
.   Kurowski, pp.82–87

8
.   Neumann, J., p.533

9
.   Neumann, J., p.537

10
. Bagramian, p.414

11
. Silgailis, A. (1986)
Latvian Legion,
San Jose: Bender, p.134

12
. Neumann, J., p551–52

13
. Neumann, J., p.552

14
. Kurowski, p.150

15
. Neumann, J., p.571

16
. For an account of these events, see Neumann, J., pp.570–77; Kurowski, pp.156–59

17
. Neumann, J., p.579

18
. Kurowski, pp.168–69

19
. Kurowski, pp.170–71

20
. Kurowski, p.173

21
. Silgailis, pp.136–38

22
. Neumann, J., pp.589–93

23
. Felder, B. (2009)
Lettland im Zweiten Weltkrieg
, Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, p.320–35

Chapter 11

1
.   Neumann, J. (1989)
Die 4. Panzer Division 1943–1945,
Bonn: self-published, p.596–600

2
.   Neumann, J., p.601

3
.   Silgailis, A. (1986)
Latvian Legion,
San Jose: Bender, p.143

4
.   Neumann, J., p.603

5
.   Niepold, G. (1988)
12. Panzerdivision (2. Inf. Div.) Pommern 1921–1945
, self-published, p.94

6
.   Bagramian, I. (1984)
So Schritten Wir Zum Sieg
, Berlin: Militärverlag der DDR, pp.430–31

7
.   For an account of the British naval deployment in the Baltic after the First World War, see Bennett, G. (1964)
Cowan’s War
, London: Collins

8
.   Quoted in Kurowski, F. (2002)
Bridgehead Kurland
, Winnipeg: Fedorowicz, pp.175–76

9
.   Kurowski, p.186

10
. Kurowski, p.187

11
. See for example Buttar, P. (2010)
Battleground Prussia
, Oxford: Osprey, p.302

12
. Kurowski, p.197

13
. Silgailis, p.149

14
. Kurowski, pp.259–61

15
. Schramm, P. (1982)
Kriegstagebuch der Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
, Vol. VIII, Herrsching: Pawlak, p.1, 472

16
. Schön, H (1983)
Ostsee 45
, Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, p.606

17
. Kurowski, p.269

18
. Kurowski, p.270

19
. Byrd, R. (2006)
Once I Had a Comrade: Karl Roth and the Combat History of 36th Panzer Regiment 1939–1945
, Solihull: Helion, pp.147–48

20
. Byrd, pp.146–47

21
. Byrd, p.147

22
. Niepold (1988), p.96

23
. Schön, p.627

24
. Niepold (1988), p.96

25
. Quoted in Kurowski, p.266

Chapter 12

1
.   Lentsman, L. (1977)
Eesti Rahvas Suures Isamaasōjas
, Tallinn: Partei Ajaloo Institut, p.439

2
.   Meškauskas, K., Januškevičius, V., Puronas, V. (1973)
Lietuvos Dabartis Ir Ateitis
, Vilnius: SN, p.12

3
.   Misiunas, R., Taagepera, R. (1993)
The Baltic States – Years of Dependence 1940–1990
, London: Hurst, p.74

4
.   Skultans, V. (1997)
The Testimony of Lives: Narrative and Memory in Post-Soviet Latvia
, Andover: Routledge, pp.83–84

5
.   Laar, M. (1992)
War In The Woods: Estonia’s Struggle For Independence,
Washington: Compass Press, pp.106–07

6
.   Quoted in Laar (1992), p.108

7
.   Laar (1992), p.113

8
.   Laar (1992), p.119

9
.   For an account of Ants Kaljurand’s activities, see Kiiver, V. (2010)
Hirmus-Ants. Bandiit, Kangelane, Legend,
Tartu: Kirjastus Aja Lood

10
. Strods, H., Kott, M. (2002) ‘The File on Operation Priboi: A Re-Assessment of the Mass Deportations of 1949’ in
Journal of Baltic Studies
33 (1), pp.1–36

11
. Laar, M. (1992), p.24

12
. Andersons, E., Siliņš, L. (eds) (2002)
Latvija un Rietumi. Latviešu Nacionālā Pretestības Kustība 1943–1945
, Riga: Latvijas Universitātes žurnāla ‘Latvijas Vēsture’ fonds, pp.14–126

13
. Felder, B. (2004)
Das Unternehmen ‘Wildkatze’
in
Totalitārie Okupācijas Režimi Latvijā 1940–1964
, Riga: Commission of the Historias of Latvia, Vol. 13, p.268

14
. Leutnant Hasselmann’s report from
Frontaufklärungskommando 212
dated 24/12/44, BA-MA, RH-2/2129, p.155

15
. Felder (2009), pp.317–18

16
. Strods, H. (1997)
Latvijas Nacionālo Partizāņu Karš 1944–1956
, Riga: Preses Nams, p.168

17
.
Gazeta Kapitalist
(19/5/2004)
Zhizn’ I Sudba ‘Bolshogo Medvedya’. Sto Let Vilisu Latsisu

18
. Latišenka, A. (2001)
Lietuvos istorijos atlasas,
Vilnius: Vaga, p.25

19
. Kuodytė, D., Tracevskis, R. (2004)
The Unknown War: Armed Anti-Soviet Resistance in Lithuania in 1944–1953,
Vilnius: Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, p.43

20
. See Buttar, P. (2010)
Battleground Prussia,
Oxford: Osprey, pp.452–53

21
.
Svenska Dagbladet,
21/6/94 and 22/6/94

22
. Rolnikaite, M. (2002)
Ich Muss Erzählen
, Hamburg: Rowohlt, pp.268–69

23
. Rolnikaite, p.277

24
. Matas, D., Charendoff, S. (1988)
Justice Delayed: Nazi War Criminals in Canada,
Toronto: Summerhill, p.77

25
. Littman, S. (1984)
War Criminal on Trial: The Rauca Case
, Ontario: Paperjacks

26
.
Time
, 19/3/65

27
. Merk, E. (2005)
Schwere Jahre auf der Höhe des Lebens,
Norderstedt: Books on Demand

28
. Baltais, M. (1999)
The Latvian Legion in Documents,
Toronto: Amber, p.104

29
. For a good, concise account, see Misiunas and Taagepera

30
. Quoted in Miagov, M. (2005)
SSSR, USA e Problema Pribaltikii v 1941-1945 Godah in Novaya e Novenshaya Istoriya
, Vol. 1 pp.50–59; see also Loewenheim, F., Langley, H., Jonas, M. (1990)
Churchill and Roosevelt: Their Secret Correspondence,
Cambridge: Da Capo Press, pp.217–18

31
. See for example Djukov, A. (2007)
Meef o Genocheede: Repressii Sovietskiiy Vlasteii v Estonii
, Moscow: Yakovlev, pp.87–96

32
. Emelyanov, V. (2007) ‘Pribaltika vo Vtoroyi Mirovoyi’ in
Nash Sovremmenik
, Vol. 6 pp.154–68

33
. Yampolski, V. (2001) ‘V Pribaltike Zhdali Furera … e Furer Prishel!’ in
Voenno-Istoricheskii Zhurnal
, Vol. 6, pp.36–43