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p.256 ‘We became very much…’, Freytag-Loringhoven, conversation, 23 Oct. 1995
p. 256 ‘We will continue to fight…’, quoted in Axworthy, p. 96
p. 257 ‘… is the offensive…’, (original German), Ehrenburg papers, RGALI 1207/2/3477
p. 257 ‘as if it were 1870’, Stolberg, 17 Feb. 1943, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264, p. 157
p. 257 ‘When the retreat started…’, TsAMO 206/294/47, p. 147
p. 257 ‘Only two out of…’, Werth, The Year of Stalingrad,p. 369
p. 258 ‘extraordinarily rapid’, BA-MA, N395/11
p. 259 ‘The numerous Romanians’, Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 256
p. 259 ‘especially the frantic…’, Lt Walter Öhme, Pz. Regt 2, report, 28 July 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 260 ‘Here everything’s…’, Uffz. Römer, report, 23 May 1943, BA-MA,
RH27-16/43
p. 261 ‘Right on towards the Don’ (original German), Ehrenburg papers,
RGALI 1207/2/3477
p. 261 ‘A number of tanks…’, Gefr. Joachim Grunow, Panzer Regt 2, report, I Aug. 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 261 ‘last resort’, Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 253
p.262 ‘Everyone was running…’, Uffz. Römer, report, 23 May 1943, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 262 ‘all items…’, Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 255
p. 262 ‘the very same bridge…’, II./Pz. Gren. Rgt 64, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 262 ‘very proud’, report, Oberfeldwebel Wallrawe, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 262 ‘I feel much better…’, Dmitry Venkutov, 26 Nov. 1942, AMPSB 11480
p. 263 ‘The battles are strong…’, AMPSB 602/10343
p. 263 ‘old women’s kerchiefs…’, Grossman papers, RGALI 1710/1/101
p. 263 450 collaborators, VOTsDNI 113/14/306, p. 94, quoted in Epifanov, p. 142
p. 264 ‘in a serious condition…’, 25 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 304
p. 264 ‘owing to…’, Dohna-Schlobitten, p. 258
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p. 266 ‘I’ve got them!’ Albert Speer, quoted in Sereny, p. 207
p. 266 ‘alarming news…’, 19 Nov. 1942, KTB-OKW, vol. ii, 1942, p. 988
p. 267 ‘alterations to…’, Bradley and Schulze-Kossens (eds.), p. 22
p. 267 ‘temporary encirclement’, BA-MA, RH20-6/241
p. 267 ‘It’s impossible…’, General von Richthofen diary, Paulus, p. 224
p. 267 ‘We have nothing…’, BA-MA, N601/v. 4, p. 3
p. 268 ‘Decision with reasons, please!’ BA-MA, N6oI/v. 3, pp. 12, 13. This conversation was reconstructed and agreed by both Schmidt and Pickert, working together on 7 Jan. 1963, after they had consulted all the available documents to refresh their memories.
p. 269 wine and champagne, conversation, Behr, and BA-MA, N395/12
p. 269 ‘They all shared…’, Schmidt, BA-MA, N601/v. 4, p. 7
p. 269 ‘Army surrounded’, quoted in Kehrig, pp. 559–60
p. 269 ‘The Sixth Army is…’, BA-MA, RH20-6/238
p. 270 ‘We’ve found…’, Zeitzler, Kehrig, p. 196
p. 270 ‘whatever the circumstances’, Kehrig, p. 562
p. 270 ‘highly paid NCOs’, 25 Nov. 1942, Paulus, p. 227
p. 271 ‘completely unthinkable’, Seydlitz, p. 193
p. 271 ‘Already the minor…’, 25 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, N372/12, p. 2
p. 271 ‘In thousands of…’, Toepke, p. 44
p. 272 ‘Now that you have…’, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
p. 272 ‘According to a Führer decree…’, Sixth Army, 6 Dec. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/239, p. 135
p. 272 propaganda leaflets, 23 Nov. 1942, TsAMO 48/486/25, p. 277
p. 272 ‘The Führer ordered…’, Bradley and Schulze-Kossens, p. 26
p. 272 ‘the grateful army…’, letter, 15 Nov. 1942, Groscurth, p. 530
p. 274 ‘And be warned…’, Stahlberg, p. 212 p. 274 ‘When we entered…’, Stahlberg, p. 217
p. 275 ‘the troops in the area…’, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 275 ‘The whole Sixth Army…’, Henry Holze, in Kruse, p. 14
p. 275 ‘Yesterday and today…’, 26 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RW4/V. 264
p. 275 ‘the most difficult question…’, Strecker, quoted in Haller, p. 96
p. 276 ‘Such an action…’, BA-MA, N601/v. 4, p. 13
p. 276 ‘I know that…’, Paulus, p. 83
p. 276 ‘Prussian field marshals…’, Rudolph-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Soldat im Untergang: Lebensbilder,p. 134
p. 276 ‘march out…’, Behr, conversation, 25 Oct. 1995
p. 276 ‘Hold on…’, Paulus, order, 27 Nov. 1942, BA-MA, RH20-6/238
p. 276 Schmidt denial, BA-MA N601/v. 10, p. 12
p. 277 ‘We’re never going…’, Klaus, p. 35
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p. 278 ‘A systematic withdrawal…’, Wallrawe, BA-MA, RH27-16/43
p. 278 ‘artillery and infantry…’, TsAMO 48/486/13, p. 472