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p. 353 ‘good clothes’, Blumenson (ed.), p. 489
‘I tell you one thing, Sani . . .’, SanUffz Walter Klein, Kampfgruppe Heintz, FMS A-910
p. 354 Browning and air drop on Avranches, Wing Commander Scarman, Tedder’s aide, OCMH-FPP
‘Felt much happier over the war . . .’, Blumenson (ed.), p. 490
‘Because of heavy losses . . .’, TNA DEFE 3/ 63
‘a rather confused situation’, General der Panzertruppen Freiherr von Lüttwitz, 2nd Panzer-Division, FMS A-903
‘the din of shell-fire . . .’, General Eugen Meindl, II Parachute Corps, FMS A-923
p. 355 ‘from staff to staff . . .’, General Eugen Meindl, II Parachute Corps, FMS A-923
p. 356 ‘just rushed on through’, Lieutenant George O. Grant, 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24241
Collins’s criticism of 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24235
p. 357 6th Armored Division on 28 July, 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘no forces fit for battle’ and ‘neither light nor medium . . .’, 28 July, TNA DEFE 3/ 63
‘used to fire point-blank . . .’, VII Corps, NA II 407/427/24235
‘For five days . . .’, SanUffz Walter Klein, Kampfgruppe Heintz, FMS A-910
‘when other elements . . .’, Lieutenant James J. Williams, 47th Infantry, 9th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
tension between SS and paratroops, Oberstleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von der Heydte, 6th Paratroop Regiment, FMS B-839
p. 358 the sacking of Generalmajor Pemsel, Generalmajor Freiherr von Gersdorff, Chief of Staff Seventh Army, FMS A-894
p. 359 ‘on the road all night’ and ‘that they did it . . .’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/6431
‘a knocked out enemy vehicle standing . . .’, NA II 407/427/24021
‘only one-way traffic . . .’, Major William A. Castille, Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24088
‘Hell, with in a couple of days . . .’, William M. King, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/427/ 24241
‘they crapped in them and cooked in them’, Captain Thomas P. Jacobs, MD, 45th Armored Medical Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
2nd Panzer-Division on 29 July, General der Panzertruppen Freiherr von Lüttwitz, FMS A-903
p. 360 Captain Reid and Private Sharkey, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24021
p. 361 Moyon engagement, Combat Command Rose, NA II 407/427/24021
82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, Major Willis T. Smith, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/ 24242
p. 362 ‘by single rifle shots . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Briard P. Johnson, Executive Officer of Combat Command B, 2nd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24082
Sergeant Bishop and ‘Action during the fight . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Harry Hilliard, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, NA II 407/427/24082
‘their vehicles down the hill . . .’, NA II 407/427/24082
‘Even the use . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Marshall L. Crowley, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, 22 September, NA II 407/427/24082
p. 363 ‘The mortars set the vehicles . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel John D. Wynne, 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, NA II 407/427/24082
‘Then the organized slaughter . . .’, Captain James R. McCartney, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24082
‘as day light broke . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel John D. Wynne, 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, NA II 407/427/24082
Death of Generalleutnant Kraiss, Peter Lieb, Konventioneller Krieg oder Weltanschauungskrieg? , Munich, 2007, p. 548
p. 364 ‘The whole area . . .’ and ‘prisoners were coming . . .’, NA II 407/427/24082
‘German equipment, abandoned...’, General Doyle O. Hickey, Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/ 427/24088
‘Carnage gruesome . . .’, diary of Captain Thomas P. Jacobs, MD, 45th Armored Medical Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
Generalmajor Freiherr von Gersdorff, Chief of Staff Seventh Army, FMS A-894
demolitions and looting in Granville, Commissariat de Police de Granville, AdM 1370 W 1
p. 365 ‘urgent orders to prevent . . .’, General Warlimont, ETHINT 1
‘Pour it to them!’, Lieutenant