Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, 1941-1942: Schwerpunkt

11. Alexander Poliakov, White Mammoths: The Dramatic Story of Russian Tanks in Action (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1943), pp. 95–6.

12. Jason D. Mark, Besieged: the Epic Battle for Cholm (Pymble, Australia: Leaping Horseman Books, 2011), pp. 181 and 205–6.

13. Robert A. Forczyk, Demyansk 1942–43: The Frozen Fortress (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012), pp.71–3.

14. Grigory F. Krivosheev, Soviet Casualties and Combat Losses in the Twentieth Century (London: Greenhill Books, 1997), pp. 96–7.

15. Charles C. Sharp, School of Battle: Soviet Tank Corps and Tank Brigades, January 1942 to 1945, Volume II (Published by George F. Nafziger, 1995), p. 1.

16. Jason D. Mark, Besieged: the Epic Battle for Cholm (Pymble, Australia: Leaping Horseman Books, 2011), p. 73.

17. U.S. Army, Effects of Cold on Military Equipment, http://www.wainwright.army.mil.

18. Thomas L. Jentz, Germany’s Panther Tank: The Quest for Combat Supremacy (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1995), pp. 11–18.

19. Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories (Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1986), p. 228.

20. la, Kriegstagebuch 1 u. 2, Krim, 29 January–5 July 1942, 28. Jäger-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 834.

21. David M. Glantz, ‘Prelude to German Operation Blau: Military Operations on Germany’s Eastern Front, April–June 1942’, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Volume 20, No. 2, (April–June 2007), pp. 181–4.

22. David M. Glantz, Kharkov 1942 (Chatham, UK: Ian Allen, 1998), p. 78.

23. Ia, KTB, 294. Infanterie-Division, 1 April–31 July 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-315, Roll 1941.

24. Veit Scherzer, 113.Infanterie-Division: Kiew-Charkow-Stalingrad (Jena: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, 2007), pp. 193–5.

25. Ia, Kriegstagebuch, January–December 1942, III Armeekorps (mot.), NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 194.

26. Qu., Anlagen z. KTB. Information and reports on the supply situation, and supply statistics on the campaign in the Izyum, Kharkov, and Kastornoye areas. Mar 22–Dec 31, 1942, VIII Armeekorps, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 385.

27. Gefechtsbericht der 62. Infanterie-Division über die kämpfe südl. Charkow in der Zeit vom 12.–25.5.42, Ia, 62. Infanterie-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 1034.

28. O.Qu., Anlagenband 3 z. KTB. Versorgungslagenmeldungen, Apr 1–Oct 31, 1942, Panzerarmee 1, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-313, Roll 44.

29. Gefechtsbericht der 3. Panzer-Division (Kampfgruppe Breith) uber die Abwehrschlacht nordostw. Charkow 12.5–22.5.42, 3. Panzer-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 144.

30. Auszugsweiser Gefechtsbericht der 23. Panzer-Division für der einsatz während der schlacht um Charkow an der Nordfront vom 12.5–22.5.42 an der Südfront vom 23.5–29.5.42,23. Panzer-Division, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-315, Roll 791.

31. Ia, Kriegstagebuch, January – December 1942, III Armeekorps (mot.), NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 194.

32. la, Zahlenmeldungen, Teil 1. Losses of personnel and ammunition, April 3 – September 15, 1942, 11. Armee, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), T-312, Roll 420.

33. O.Qu., Anlagenband B z. KTB. Versorgungskarten, Panzerarmee 1, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-313, Roll 26.

34. Marek Kruk and Radoslaw Szewczyk, 9. Panzer-Division 1940–1943 (Poland: STRATUS, 2011), p. 75.

35. Arthur G. Volz, ‘A Soviet Estimate of German Tank Production’, Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Volume 21, No. 3, (July 2008), pp. 588–90.

36. Hugh Trevor-Roper (ed.), Hitler’s War Directives 1939–1945 (London: Birlinn Ltd, 2004), p. 178.

37. Dr. Peter W. Becker, ‘The Role of Synthetic Fuel in World War II Germany’, Air University Review, July–August 1981.

38. Operation Blau was redesignated as Operation Braunschweig, effective 30 June 1942. However, I will continue to use the original designation to avoid confusion.

39. Mikhail E. Katukov, Na Ostrie glavnogo udara [At the Point of the Main Attack] (Moscow: Voenizdat, 1974), chapter 9.

40. Hans-Joachim Jung, Panzer Soldiers for ‘God, Honor and Fatherland’ The History of Panzerregiment Grossdeutschland (Winnipeg: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2000), p. 20.