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‘they are more like’ Corti The Last Soldiers of the King p.80

‘It was the last time’ Terkel p.67

‘Hitler is a genius’ Drew Pearson Diaries 1939–59 ed. Tyler Abell New York 1974 p.134

‘There are two great’ RUSI Journal June 1979

‘Germany’s casualties’ see the authoritative statistical study published in 2000 by Dr Rudiger Overmans of the German Armed Force Military History Research Office

‘I wasn’t quite sure’ AI Lott Armageddon files

‘No one believes’ Hagen p.218

‘The brass – the people’ AI Ebisawa Nemesis files

‘The Japanese army had’ article in Bungei Shunju March 1956

‘In the aftermath’ AI Hando, Nemesis files

‘Jews are of greatest’ Blythe Private Words p.33

Bibliography

A comprehensive bibliography of the Second World War, or even of the books about it on my own shelves, is unrealistic within the compass of these pages; I have therefore listed below only titles which I have explicitly cited or quoted in my own text above. The omission of innumerable fine and great works, far from implying dismissal of their merit and importance, reflects my attempt to reprise as little as possible, especially anecdotage, from the histories and memoirs most familiar to students of the period. Titles on which I have drawn extensively for my own narrative, or which seem especially noteworthy for further reading, are shown in bold type. I have omitted to detail the multiple volumes of the British and American official histories, which are of course indispensable.

Abbott, Stephen And All My War is Done Pentland 1991

Altes, A.K. & In’t Veld, N.K.C.A. The Forgotten Battle: Overloon and the Maas Salient 1944–45 Spellmount 1995

Ambrose, Stephen Band of Brothers Simon & Schuster 1992

Amery, Leo My Political Life Hutchinson 1955 Vol. III

— The Empire at Bay: The Leo Amery Diaries 1929–45 ed. John Barnes & David Nicholson Hutchinson 1988

Anders, Władysław An Army in Exile Macmillan 1949

Andreas-Friedrich, Ruth Berlin Underground 1938–45 New York 1947

Anonymous A Woman in Berlin Virago 2009

Arthur, Douglas Desert Watch Blaisdon 2000

Atkinson, Rick The Day of Battle Henry Holt 2007

Avagliano, Mario ed. Generazione ribelle: Diari e lettere dal 1943 al 1945 a cura di Mario Avagliano Einaudi Storia 2006

Bailey, Roderick ed. Forgotten Voices of the Secret War Ebury 2008

Ball, Adrian The Last Days of the Old World Doubleday 1963

Barclay, George Fighter Pilot Kimber 1976

Barenblatt, Daniel A Plague Upon Humanity Souvenir 2004

Baring, Sarah The Road to Station X Wilton 65 2000

Barnett, Correlli Engage the Enemy More Closely Hodder & Stoughton 1991

Bayly, Christopher & Harper, Tim Forgotten Armies Penguin 2004

Beevor, Antony Stalingrad Viking 1998

—Berlin: The Downfall, 1945 Penguin 2002

Belfield, Eversley & Essame, H. The Battle for Normandy London 1975

Bellamy, Chris Absolute War Macmillan 2007

Belov, N.F Front Diary of N.F. Belov 1941–44 Vologda 1997

Berezhkov, Valentin Stranitsy diplomaticheskoy istorii [Pages of Diplomatic History]Moscow 1982

Berle, Beatrice Bishop & Jacobs, Travis Beal Navigating the Rapids 1918–1971 Harcourt Brace 1973

Bessel, Richard Germany 1945 Simon & Schuster 2009

Biddle, George Artist at War New York 1944

Birdsall, Steve Saga of the Superfortress Sidgwick & Jackson 1981

Blair, Clay Hitler’s U-Boat Wars Random House 1996

Bloomfield-Smith, D.C. ed. Fourth Indian Reflections Larman 1987

Blum, John Morton V was for Victory Harcourt Brace 1976

Blunt, Roscoe Foot Soldier: A Combat Infantryman’s War in Europe Da Capo Press 2002

Blythe, Ronald ed. Private Words Viking 1991

— Components of the Scene Penguin 1966

Borthwick, Alastair Battalion Baton Wicks 1994

Bower, Tom Nazi Gold HarperCollins 1997

Bowlby, Alex Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby Leo Cooper 1969

Braithwaite, Roderic Moscow 1941 Profile 2006

Branson, Clive British Soldier in India: The Letters of Clive Branson Communist Party London 1944

Broadfoot, Barry ed. Six War Years Toronto 1974

Brontman,