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10.
  Steinhoff, Pechel, Showalter op cit p178–9.

11.  Ibid p178–9.

12.  Haupt,
Die 8. Panzer–Division im 2. Weltkrieg
, p146–150.

No news

1.
    Goebbels Diary p426–9.

2.
    
Meldungen Nr. 197
26 Jun p2440, 2441;
Nr. 198
30 Jun p2458.

3.
    Ibid p2461–2.

4.
    
Soviet Feldpostbriefe
29 Jun 41 p19.

5.
    Ibid 28 Jun 41 p18–9.

6.
    Bock, F. von:
Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock – The War Diary 1939–1945
; Schiffer Military History, 1996; 23 Jun 41 p225.

7.
    Letter
Die Deutschen im ZweitenWeltkrieg
SWF German TV 1985 p95.

8.
    Goebbels Diary 23 Jun p426, 25 Jun p430.

9.
    
Soviet Feldpostbriefe
29 Jun 41 p20.

Brest–Litovsk … ‘I wonder how it is I am still alive!’

1.
    Interview
Steh Auf! es ist Krieg
ZDF German TV 1991.

2.
    Kohl op cit p26.

3.
    Interview. Knopp op cit p60.

4.
    
Gefechtsbericht Nr 1. 4. Zuges. Kampf um die Zitadelle von Brest–Litovsk
25 Jun 41.

5.
    
Gefechtsbericht 45 Div
p7–8.

6.
    Interview Kohl op cit p30.

7.
    Bock op cit 25 Jun p226.

8.
    Kohl op cit p30–1.

9.
    
Gefechtsbericht 45 Div
27 Jun 41 p8.

10.
  Ibid p9.

11.
  Interview
Steh Auf! es ist Krieg
ZDF German TV 1991.

12.
  Interview Ibid.

13.
  Interview Kohl op cit p31.

14.
  Interview
Steh Auf! es ist Krieg
ZDF German TV 1991.

15.
  Zentner, K.:
Nur Einmal Konnte Stalin Siegen;
Gruner Verlag Hamburg, 1952; p8.

16.
  Goebbels’ Diary 30 Jun 41 p437.

17.
  
Meldungen Nr 198
30 Jun p2458, 2463.

Chapter 7: Blitzkrieg
The ‘smooth’ period … The Panzers

1.
    Bock op cit p228.

2.
    Major Kielmansegg was destined to become a NATO four–star general. Taken from interview in: Eichel, M., Pagels W., Reschl, W.:
Der Unvergessene Krieg
; Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen–Vgs, 1981; p64.

3.
    Interview Glantz op cit p112.

4.
    Eichel, Pagels, Reschl op cit p64.

5.
    ‘
Drei Tage Panzer Vormarsch
’,
Signal
; Heft 16 2 Aug 41.

6.
    Halder op cit 24 Jun 41 p418, 420.

7.
    Erickson, J.:
The Road to Stalingrad
; Weidenfeld, 1975/93; p33.

8.
    See charts in: Stolfi, R. H. S.:
Hitler’s Panzers East
; Alan Sutton, 1992; p158–9 and
Freiburg
p225.

9.
    Deck op cit p67.

10.
  Interview
DecisiveWeapons – T34. Queen of the Battlefield
BBC TV Sept 96.

11.
  Macksey, K.:
Tank Facts and Feats
; Guiness Publishing; p116.

12.
  SS Secret report.
Meldungen Nr. 197
26 Jun 41 p2444.

13.
  The 6th Panzer Division 1937–45 from Zaloga, S. and Sarson, P.:
T34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45
; Vanguard 28, Osprey, 1994; p18.

14.
  Letter 28 Jun 41. Fuchs op cit p115.

15.
  Despatch 2 Jul 41 from: Malaparte, C.:
The Volga Rises in Europe
; Alvin Redman Ltd, London, 1957; p42.

16.
  Letter 5 Jul 41. Fuchs op cit p116.

Frontier tank battles

1.
    Grimm, A.: ‘
Die erste Panzerschlacht im Ostern
’,
Signal
; Heft 15. 1 Aug 41 p11–13.

2.
    Glantz op cit p114.

3.
    Interview
DecisiveWeapons – T34. Queen of the Battlefield
BBC TV Sept 96.

4.
    Ibid Grimm and Ritgen accounts. Lingendahl interview from ‘The Eastern Front 1941–43’, British Army Dept C1591 Documentary Film Series Part 1. ‘Barbarossa. The Invasion’ (Henceforth Army Dept C1591).

5.
    Kielmansegg interview Glantz op cit p114, 116.

6.
    
Signal
Heft 15. p13, and Radciekov:
Die II. Panzer Division. Gespensterdivision
; p124–132.

7.
    Interview Army Dept C1591.

8.
    Ibid.

9.
    Danishevsky op cit.

10.
  Soviet Documents. Op. Rpt No. 01. 24 Jun 41 p525.

11.
  Simonow op cit p15–6.

Panzer vanguard

1.
    
Signal
Heft 16 2 Aug 41.

2.
    Interview
Die Deutschen im ZweitenWeltkrieg
SWF German TV 1989.

3.
    Letter 28 Jun 41. Fuchs op cit p115–6.

4.
    Becker op cit p22–3.

5.
    Ullrich op cit p99–100.

6.
    Manteuffel op cit p141.

7.
    ‘
Mit dem Stählernen Pfeil in das Herz des Feindes
’;
DieWehrmacht
Band III 1941–2 p18–9.

8.
    Manteuffel op cit p141.

9.
    Grimm, A.: ‘
Verwegener Handstreich
’,
Signal
; Heft 16 2 Aug 41.

10.
  Manteuffel op cit p143.

11.
  Glantz op cit p324.

12.
  ‘
Drei Tage Panzer Vormarsch
’,
Signal
; Heft 16 2 Aug 41 – ‘
Der Zweite Tag
’.

13.
  Diary 24 Jun 41 Central Front near Minsk in Dollinger op cit p80–1. See also p4 of this book.

14.
  Malaparte op cit p51.

15.
  Ibid p42.

16.
  Glantz op cit p396–7.

17.
  
Signal
Heft 15 Aug 42, article referring to the 1941 period. Statistical data is from Hünermann op cit p214.

18.
  Glantz op cit p397.

19.
  Hinze op cit p65.

20.
  Interview
Mein Krieg
German WDR TV 1988.

On to Smolensk

1.
    Westphal op cit p48.

2.
    Spaeter, H.:
The History of the Panzercorps

Grossdeutschland’
; Vol.1, Fedorowicz Canada, 1958/92; p185.

3.
    Bock op cit 2 Jul 41 p235.

4.
    Ibid 8 Jul 41 p243. Figures also based on: Haupt, W.:
Die Sch
l
achten der Heeresgruppe Mitte 1941–1944;
Podzun–Pallas, 1983; p44.

5.
    Letters
KGS
29 Jun and 11 Jul 41 p45–7.

6.
    Interview
Mein Krieg
German WDR TV 1988.

7.
    Haupt op cit p56.

Finale: Brest–Litovsk

1.
    Kohl op cit p131.

2.
    Film material provided by ex–Lt M. Wechtler, interview with author 3 Oct 95 and Gschöpf op cit p158.

3.
    
Gefechtsbericht 45 Div
29–30 Jun
Erfahrungen
p9–12

4.
    Figures Gschöpf op cit p142 and p158.

5.
    Heer op cit p49.

6.
    Name withheld.

7.
    Hammer and zur Nieden op cit p128–9.

8.
    Kohl op cit p31 and Carell op cit p44.

Chapter 8: Smolensk
The infantry

1.
    Westphal op cit p47–8.

2.
    Ibid p49.

3.
    
KGS
Diary 23 Jun 41 p69.

4.
    Haape op cit p35.

5.
    
KGS
Diary 23 Jun 41 p69.

6.
    
Signal
Heft 21 1 Nov 42.

7.
    
KGS
Diary 30 Jun p69.

8.
    
Signal
Heft 21 1 Nov 42.

9.
    
Soldat
p213.

10.
  Haape op cit p52–3.

11.
  
Signal
Heft 21 1 Nov 42.

12.
  
KGS
Diary 4 Jul 41 p71.

13.
  
Signal
Heft 21 1 Nov 42.

14.
  
Soldat
p214.

15.
  Nayhauss, M. Graf von.:
Zwischen Gehorsam und Gewissen’. Potsdamer Infanterie–Regt 9
; Bastei–Lübbe, 1994; p143 and 148.

16.
  Haape op cit p55.

17.
  Buchner, A.:
Das Handbuch der Deutsche Infanterie;
Podzun–Pallas, 1987; p103–4.

18.
  Gareis op cit p84.

19.
  
KGS
Diary 4 Jul 41 p71.

20.
  Ibid 30 Jun 41 p69.

21.
  Haape op cit p65.

22.
  
KGS
Diary. 30 Jun and 4 Jul 41. p69–70.

23.
  Haape op cit p66.

24.
  Interview
Mein Krieg
German TV 1991.

25.
  
KGS
Diary 30 Jun 41 p70.

26.
  Ullrich op cit p102–3.

27.
  Aaken, W. van:
Hexenkessel Ostfront
; Erich Pabel Verlag, 1964; p27.

28.
  Interview
Mein Krieg
German TV 1991.

29.
  Ullrich op cit p103–4.

The Smolensk pocket

1.
    Hammer, zur Nieden op cit p240.

2.
    Manual published in Dec 40. Wray, T. A.:
Standing Fast. German Defence Doctrine on the Russian Front duringWorldWar II
; p20.

3.
    Spaeter op cit Vol 1 p185.

4.
    Bock op cit 20 Jul 41 p255.

5.
    van Aaken op cit p13–4.

6.
    Bock op cit p256.

7.
    Manteuffel op cit p153.

8.
    Bock op cit 21 Jul 41 p258, 23 Jul 41 p260.

9.
    Spaeter op cit p188.

10.
  Kister account from van Aaken op cit p35–6.

11.
  Ibid p45–7.

12.
  Bock op cit 25 Jul 41 p262.

13.
  Ibid 26 Jul 41 p263.

14.
  Halder op cit 8 Jul 41 p457.

15.
  Bock op cit 29 Jul 41 p266–7.

16.
  Manteuffel op cit Chart p167.

17.
  Fuchs op cit 5 Jul 41 p116.

18.
  Ibid 11 Jul p117 and 17 Jul 41 p119.

19.
  Manteuffel op cit p167–8.

20.
  Halder op cit 1 Aug 41 p491.

21.
  Spaeter op cit p192.

22.
  Bock op cit 5 Aug 41 p273–4.

23.
  Spaeter op cit p221.

‘Do not cry’ … Soviet defeat in the West

1.
    Holliday op cit p253.

2.
    Krylov op cit p119.

3.
    Soviet Combat Documents 22–30 Jun 41 p532 and 534.

4.
    Knopp op cit p65.

5.
    Letter 10 Jul 41 Dollinger op cit p88.

6.
    Knopp op cit p65.

7.
    Front letter 18 Jul 41 from: Bähr, H. W.:
Die Stimme Des Menschen
; p126.

8.
    
Kriegstagebücher
p11 and 14.

9.
    Knopp op cit p64.

10.
  Starinov op cit p184.

11.
  Kohl op cit p131.

12.
  Starinov op cit p187.

13.
  Knopp op cit p65.

14.
  Kohl op cit p57.

15.
  Ibid p50.

16.
  Ibid p59.

17.
  Ibid p66 and 68–9.

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