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‘The thing to do . . .’, Blumenson (ed.), p. 491
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p. 366 ‘I have ordered Dempsey . . .’, quoted in Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy , New York, 1983, p. 422
‘grinds to a halt . . .’, diary of Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T2150
‘Monty is determined to make us . . .’, diary of Major Julius Neave, 13th/18th Hussars, SWWEC T2150
p. 367 ‘The crews were shaken . . .’, Ian Daglish, ‘Operation Bluecoat’, in John Buckley (ed.), The Normandy Campaign 1944, London, 2006, p. 95
p. 369 326th Infanterie-Division, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
21st Panzer-Division, FMS B-631
3rd Scots Guards, Major Charles Farrell, SWWEC 2001.960
‘wearing only a vest . . .’, Alexander McKee, Caen, London, 1965, p. 308 p. 370 Coastal battery at Granville and Aulock Kampfgruppe, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘unforgettable sight . . .’, Gefreiter Spiekerkötter, 2nd Pionier Kompanie, 256th Infanterie-Division, BA-MA MSg 2/5526
p. 371 ‘The situation is extraordinarily . . .’, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
‘a most forceful order . . .’, Telephone Journal, Seventh Army, NA II 407/427/ 6431
Kluge to Eberbach, Eberbach, BA-MA MSg 1/106
‘under all circumstances . . .’, BA-MA RH 19 ix/86
p. 372 ‘Do not stop . . .’ and ‘facetiously suggested . . .’, General Doyle O. Hickey, Combat Command A, 3rd Armored Division, NA II 407/427/24088
p. 373 action in Brécey, Captain Carlton Parish Russell, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, WWII VS
‘more dangerous than . . .’, Daily Operations, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/ 427/6431
‘a very jolly . . .’, Charles Whiting, Papa Goes to War, Marlborough, 1990, p. 66
p. 374 ‘take the first picture . . .’, Robert Capa, Slightly out of Focus, New York, 1947, p. 168
looting and lynch mob in Granville, Commissariat de Police de Granville, AdM 1370 W 1
‘Ah, Monsieur . . .’, anon., MdC TE 388
‘Our boys got their souvenirs . . .’, Lieutenant D. S. Woodward, 69th Tank Battalion, 6th Armored Division, NA II 407/ 427/24241
p. 375 Resistance attack in the Landes, LCMHA Misc 24
armoured train derailed Souillac, TNA DEFE 3/62
‘throughout history . . .’, Martin Blumenson (ed.), The Patton Papers, 1940-1945, New York, 1974, p. 493
‘As many troops as possible . . .’, XV Corps, NA II 407/427/24203
p. 376 ‘Gentlemen, this breakthrough . . .’, Wilhelm Ritter von Schramm, BA-MA MSg 2/247
‘The enemy is not under any circumstances . . .’, Hans Speidel, We Defended Normandy, London, 1951, p. 138
‘round the corner into Brittany’, NA II 407/427/6431
p. 377 ‘One of our trucks . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Teague, 22nd Infantry, NA II 407/ 427/24021
VIII Corps and First Army prisoners, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France, New York, 2000, pp. 143-4 and 150
prisoners of 8th Division, Captain Graham V. Chamblee, 13th Infantry, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘We passed columns . . .’, 29th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24034
rumours of German withdrawal to the Seine, Oberstleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von der Heydte, 6th Paratroop Regiment, FMS B-839
‘As we came over the crest . . .’, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson and Captain Wright, 12th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/24203
p. 378 ‘in a state of jitters’, Captain Wright, NA II 407/427/24203
Captain Ware’s account, NA II 407/427/ 24203
p. 379 ‘The small number of Germans . . .’, 4th Infantry Division, NA II 407/427/ 6431
‘had a shattering effect . . .’, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, ETHINT 66
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p. 381 ‘a written declaration . . .’, SHD-DAT 13 P 33
‘intensify general guerrilla activity . . .’, SHD-DAT 13 P 33
‘a second General Patton . . .’, Lieutenant Harold H. Goodman, 13th Infantry, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘a brawny, jovial type’, Martin Blumenson, The Duel for France, New York, 2000, p. 166 p. 382 French Resistance in Rennes, 2nd Lieutenant Edward W. Overman, 90th Division, NA II 407/427/24242
relief of prisoners of war, Lieutenant Harold H. Goodman, 8th Division, NA II 407/427/24241
‘One paratrooper