‘It was the last time’ Terkel p.67
‘Hitler is a genius’ Drew Pearson Diaries 1939–59 ed. Tyler Abell New York 1974 p.134
‘There are two great’ RUSI Journal June 1979
‘Germany’s casualties’ see the authoritative statistical study published in 2000 by Dr Rudiger Overmans of the German Armed Force Military History Research Office
‘I wasn’t quite sure’ AI Lott Armageddon files
‘No one believes’ Hagen p.218
‘The brass – the people’ AI Ebisawa Nemesis files
‘The Japanese army had’ article in Bungei Shunju March 1956
‘In the aftermath’ AI Hando, Nemesis files
‘Jews are of greatest’ Blythe Private Words p.33
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A comprehensive bibliography of the Second World War, or even of the books about it on my own shelves, is unrealistic within the compass of these pages; I have therefore listed below only titles which I have explicitly cited or quoted in my own text above. The omission of innumerable fine and great works, far from implying dismissal of their merit and importance, reflects my attempt to reprise as little as possible, especially anecdotage, from the histories and memoirs most familiar to students of the period. Titles on which I have drawn extensively for my own narrative, or which seem especially noteworthy for further reading, are shown in bold type. I have omitted to detail the multiple volumes of the British and American official histories, which are of course indispensable.
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Ambrose, Stephen Band of Brothers Simon & Schuster 1992
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Anders, Władysław An Army in Exile Macmillan 1949
Andreas-Friedrich, Ruth Berlin Underground 1938–45 New York 1947
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Atkinson, Rick The Day of Battle Henry Holt 2007
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Barclay, George Fighter Pilot Kimber 1976
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Barnett, Correlli Engage the Enemy More Closely Hodder & Stoughton 1991
Bayly, Christopher & Harper, Tim Forgotten Armies Penguin 2004
Beevor, Antony Stalingrad Viking 1998
—Berlin: The Downfall, 1945 Penguin 2002
Belfield, Eversley & Essame, H. The Battle for Normandy London 1975
Bellamy, Chris Absolute War Macmillan 2007
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Berle, Beatrice Bishop & Jacobs, Travis Beal Navigating the Rapids 1918–1971 Harcourt Brace 1973
Bessel, Richard Germany 1945 Simon & Schuster 2009
Biddle, George Artist at War New York 1944
Birdsall, Steve Saga of the Superfortress Sidgwick & Jackson 1981
Blair, Clay Hitler’s U-Boat Wars Random House 1996
Bloomfield-Smith, D.C. ed. Fourth Indian Reflections Larman 1987
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Blythe, Ronald ed. Private Words Viking 1991
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Caruso, Patrick Nightmare on Iwo Naval Institute Press 2001
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Colvin, John Nomonhan Quartet 1999
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— Captain Professor Continuum 2004
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— The Siege of Leningrad John Murray 2008
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