13. Interview Kohl op cit p31.
14. Interview Steh Auf! es ist Krieg ZDF German TV 1991.
15. Zentner, K.: Nur Einmal Konnte Stalin Siegen; Gruner Verlag Hamburg, 1952; p8.
16. Goebbels’ Diary 30 Jun 41 p437.
17. Meldungen Nr 198 30 Jun p2458, 2463.
Chapter 7: Blitzkrieg
The ‘smooth’ period… The Panzers
1. Bock op cit p228.
2. Major Kielmansegg was destined to become a NATO four–star general. Taken from interview in: Eichel, M., Pagels W., Reschl, W.: Der Unvergessene Krieg; Verlagsgesellschaft Schulfernsehen–Vgs, 1981; p64.
3. Interview Glantz op cit p112.
4. Eichel, Pagels, Reschl op cit p64.
5. ‘Drei Tage Panzer Vormarsch’, Signal; Heft 16 2 Aug 41.
6. Halder op cit 24 Jun 41 p418, 420.
7. Erickson, J.: The Road to Stalingrad; Weidenfeld, 1975/93; p33.
8. See charts in: Stolfi, R. H. S.: Hitler’s Panzers East; Alan Sutton, 1992; p158–9 and Freiburg p225.
9. Deck op cit p67.
10. Interview Decisive Weapons – T34. Queen of the Battlefield BBC TV Sept 96.
11. Macksey, K.: Tank Facts and Feats; Guiness Publishing; p116.
12. SS Secret report. Meldungen Nr. 197 26 Jun 41 p2444.
13. The 6th Panzer Division 1937–45 from Zaloga, S. and Sarson, P.: T34/76 Medium Tank 1941–45; Vanguard 28, Osprey, 1994; p18.
14. Letter 28 Jun 41. Fuchs op cit p115.
15. Despatch 2 Jul 41 from: Malaparte, C.: The Volga Rises in Europe; Alvin Redman Ltd, London, 1957; p42.
16. Letter 5 Jul 41. Fuchs op cit p116.
Frontier tank battles
1. Grimm, A.: ‘Die erste Panzerschlacht im Ostern’, Signal; Heft 15. 1 Aug 41 p11–13.
2. Glantz op cit p114.
3. Interview DecisiveWeapons – T34. Queen of the Battlefield BBC TV Sept 96.
4. Ibid Grimm and Ritgen accounts. Lingendahl interview from ‘The Eastern Front 1941–43’, British Army Dept C1591 Documentary Film Series Part 1. ‘Barbarossa. The Invasion’ (Henceforth Army Dept C1591).
5. Kielmansegg interview Glantz op cit p114, 116.
6. Signal Heft 15. p13, and Radciekov: Die II. Panzer Division. Gespensterdivision; p124–132.
7. Interview Army Dept C1591.
8. Ibid.
9. Danishevsky op cit.
10. Soviet Documents. Op. Rpt No. 01. 24 Jun 41 p525.
11. Simonow op cit p15–6.
Panzer vanguard
1. Signal Heft 16 2 Aug 41.
2. Interview Die Deutschen im Zweiten Weltkrieg SWF German TV 1989.
3. Letter 28 Jun 41. Fuchs op cit p115–6.
4. Becker op cit p22–3.
5. Ullrich op cit p99–100.
6. Manteuffel op cit p141.
7. ‘Mit dem Stählernen Pfeil in das Herz des Feindes’; Die Wehrmacht Band III 1941–2 p18–9.
8. Manteuffel op cit p141.
9. Grimm, A.: ‘Verwegener Handstreich’, Signal; Heft 16 2 Aug 41.
10. Manteuffel op cit p143.
11. Glantz op cit p324.
12. ‘Drei Tage Panzer Vormarsch’, Signal; Heft 16 2 Aug 41 – ‘Der Zweite Tag’.
13. Diary 24 Jun 41 Central Front near Minsk in Dollinger op cit p80–1. See also p4 of this book.
14. Malaparte op cit p51.
15. Ibid p42.
16. Glantz op cit p396–7.
17. Signal Heft 15 Aug 42, article referring to the 1941 period. Statistical data is from Hünermann op cit p214.
18. Glantz op cit p397.
19. Hinze op cit p65.
20. Interview Mein Krieg German WDR TV 1988.
On to Smolensk
1. Westphal op cit p48.
2. Spaeter, H.: The History of the Panzercorps ‘Grossdeutschland’; Vol.1, Fedorowicz Canada, 1958/92; p185.
3. Bock op cit 2 Jul 41 p235.
4. Ibid 8 Jul 41 p243. Figures also based on: Haupt, W.: Die Schlachten der Heeresgruppe Mitte 1941–1944; Podzun–Pallas, 1983; p44.
5. Letters KGS 29 Jun and 11 Jul 41 p45–7.
6. Interview Mein Krieg German WDR TV 1988.
7. Haupt op cit p56.
Finale: Brest–Litovsk
1. Kohl op cit p131.
2. Film material provided by ex–Lt M. Wechtler, interview with author 3 Oct 95 and Gschöpf op cit p158.
3. Gefechtsbericht 45 Div 29–30 Jun Erfahrungen p9–12
4. Figures Gschöpf op cit p142 and p158.
5. Heer op cit p49.
6. Name withheld.
7. Hammer and zur Nieden op cit p128–9.
8. Kohl op cit p31 and Carell op cit p44.
Chapter 8: Smolensk
The infantry
1. Westphal op cit p47–8.
2. Ibid p49.
3. KGS Diary 23 Jun 41 p69.
4. Haape op cit p35.
5. KGS Diary 23 Jun 41 p69.
6. Signal Heft 21 1 Nov 42.
7. KGS Diary 30 Jun p69.
8. Signal Heft 21 1 Nov 42.
9. Soldat p213.
10. Haape op cit p52–3.
11. Signal Heft 21 1 Nov 42.
12. KGS Diary 4 Jul 41 p71.
13. Signal Heft 21 1 Nov 42.
14. Soldat p214.
15. Nayhauss, M. Graf von.: Zwischen Gehorsam und Gewissen’. Potsdamer Infanterie–Regt 9; Bastei–Lübbe, 1994; p143 and 148.
16. Haape op cit p55.
17. Buchner, A.: Das Handbuch der Deutsche Infanterie; Podzun–Pallas, 1987; p103–4.
18. Gareis op cit p84.
19. KGS Diary 4 Jul 41 p71.
20. Ibid 30 Jun 41 p69.
21. Haape op cit p65.
22. KGS Diary. 30 Jun and 4 Jul 41. p69–70.
23. Haape op cit p66.
24. Interview Mein Krieg German TV 1991.
25. KGS Diary 30 Jun 41 p70.
26. Ullrich op cit p102–3.
27. Aaken, W. van: Hexenkessel Ostfront; Erich Pabel Verlag, 1964; p27.
28. Interview Mein Krieg German TV 1991.
29. Ullrich op cit p103–4.
The Smolensk pocket
1. Hammer, zur Nieden op cit p240.
2. Manual published in Dec 40. Wray, T. A.: Standing Fast. German Defence Doctrine on the Russian Front during World War II; p20.
3. Spaeter op cit Vol 1 p185.
4. Bock op cit 20 Jul 41 p255.
5. van Aaken op cit p13–4.