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‘more like guerrilla fighting’, NA II 407/ 427/24242
‘Captain, how in the hell...’, Folder Birra, Alfred F., DDEL
p. 119 ‘walked their fire . . .’, NA II 407/ 427/24240
‘they could not be trusted’, John Capell, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘duringthebriefings . . .’,NA II 407/427/ 24242
Le Molay, Danièle Höfler, MdC, TE 71
patrols over south-western approaches, R. L. Delashaw, 405th Fighter Group, USAAC, NWWIIM-EC
p. 120 ‘Achtung! Minen!’, John L. Ahearn, 70th Tank Battalion, NWWIIM-EC
20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, Staff Sergeant Alfred Donald Allred, NWWIIM-EC
‘French people, of course . . .’, William E. Jones, 4th Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
p. 121 ‘came across a little . . .’, Captain Carroll W. Wright, 33rd Chemical Company, NWWIIM-EC
‘a German soldier lying dead . . .’, John A. Beck, 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion with 4th Infantry Division, NWWIIM-EC
‘We had to kill most . . .’, Lieutenant John A. Le Trent, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24242
p. 122 ‘There isn’t much left . . .’, R. R. Hughart, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, NWWIIM-EC
325th Glider Infantry Regiment, NA II 407/427/24206
p. 123 ‘They look as though they’re from Sing Sing’, Heinz Puschmann, 6th Paratroop Regiment, private account
‘as if it were a movie . . .’, Jean Roger, Saint-Lô, MdC TE 316
‘Windows and doors . . .’, MdC TE 285 p. 124 escape into the countryside, Michèle Chapron, MdC TE 278
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p. 125 ‘Is this the landing?’, André Heintz diary, MdC TE 32 (1-4)
‘Do you think . . .’, MdC TE 149
‘Yes, it is indeed . . .’, Marianne Daure, MdC TE 48
p. 126 boulangeries in Caen, Marcel Ehly, MdC TE 11
Germans ‘requisitioning’ alcohol, Madeleine Betts-Quintaine, MdC TE 25
‘They’re landing! . . .’, Marianne Daure, MdC TE 48
evacuation orders, Nadine Speck, MdC TE 2
‘Continual telephone calls . . .’, Generalleutnant Speidel, FMS B-718
p. 127 Blumentritt’s calls, FMS B-284
p. 128 ‘Once you stop on the beach . . .’, Major George Young, Green Howards, SWWEC T2452
p. 129 ‘a sort of aquatic turnpike . . .’, Clifford H. Sinnett, USNR, LST 530, NWWIIM-EC
p. 130 ‘Never in my wildest dreams . . .’, Stanley Christopherson diary
p. 131 Keller, Mark Zuehlke, Juno Beach, Toronto, 2005, pp. 31-2
‘Operation Overboard’, ibid., p. 84; and Papers of Frank A. Osmanski, G-4 SHAEF, USAMHI
HMS Belfast, Tony Hugill diary, CAC HUGL 1
Canadian vessels in Overlord, NA II 407/ 427/24200
p. 132 ‘Nearly every foot . . .’, NA II 407/ 427/24200; and Terry Copp, Fields of Fire, Toronto, 2003, p. 48
Fort Garry Horse tanks, Sergeant Bill Hudson, A Troop, 48 Royal Marine Commando, MdC TE 84; and Zuehlke, p. 202
Bernières-sur-Mer, NA II 407/427/ 24200; Zuehlke, p. 219; and Copp, p. 52
p. 133 ‘But what do you expect? . . .’, Louise Hamelin, MdC TE 222
‘I don’t want to see . . .’, J. Kyle, SWWEC T1094
p. 135 ‘At Carpiquet . . .’, Ultra intercept passed by ‘C’ to Churchill on 11 June, Luftflotte 3, TNA HW 1/2927
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p. 136 ‘Widgeon and teal . . .’, Tony Hugill diary, CAC HUGL 1
‘Floater, 5,000!’, Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T501
p. 137 ‘Some were scared . . .’, N. G. Marshall, H Troop Armoured Support Group with 41st RM Commando, SWWEC 2000.407
‘like a Napoleonic dragoon’, Lieutenant Ken Baxter, 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, MdC TE 164
John and Jacqueline Thornton, NWWIIM-EC
‘Every now and then . . .’, Tony Hugill diary, CAC HUGL 1
p. 138 ‘Well, dig yourself . . .’, Lieutenant Cyril Rand, 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, MdC TE 499
‘with misjudged enthusiasm’ and ‘he relented a little’, Lionel Roebuck, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, MdCTE 199
Piper Bill Millin piping on the beach, SWWEC T654/666 and K. G. Oakley, IWM 96/22/1
p. 139 ‘Right, Piper . . .’, Piper Bill Millin, SWWEC T654/666
3 Troop of 6 Commando, TNA DEFE 2/43; and Philip Biggerton Pritchard, Soldiering in the British Forces in World War II, privately published, undated