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41. Artem Drabkin & Oleg Sheremet, T-34 in Action (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Ltd, 2006), p. 113.

42. Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 113.

43. David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009), p. 154.

44. Ewald Klapdor, Viking Panzers: the German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2011), pp. 11–17.

45. Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), pp. 122–3.

46. David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April–August 1942 (Lawrence, KS: Kansas University Press, 2009), p. 423.

47. Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 166.

48. Ernst Rebentisch, The Combat History of the 23rd Panzer Division in World War II (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 20012), p. 175.

49. Christer Bergstrom, Stalingrad, The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943 (Hersham, UK: Ian Allen Publishing Ltd, 2007), p. 62.

50. In a bizarre aftermath, Gordov was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1945, but then arrested for treason in 1947 and executed in 1950. The reason was his criticism of Stalin’s conduct of the war.

51. Wolfgang Werthen, Geschichte der 16. Panzer-Division 1939–1945 (Bad Nauheim, Germany: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1958), pp. 99–103.

52. Christer Bergstrom, Stalingrad, The Air Battle: 1942 through January 1943 (Hersham, UK: Ian Allen Publishing Ltd, 2007), pp. 60–3.

53. Stavka Directive No. 156595, dated 1930 hours 10 August 1942.

54. Artem Drabkin & Oleg Sheremet, T-34 in Action (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Ltd, 2006), p. 53.

55. David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April–August 1942 (Lawrence, KS: Kansas University Press, 2009), pp. 301–2.

56. Gunter Schmitz, Die 16. PanzerDivision 1938–1945 (Eggolsheim: Dörfler Verlag GmbH, 2004), p. 105.

57. David M. Glantz, Forgotten Battles of the German Soviet War 1941–1945, Volume III (12 May–18 November 1942) (Self-published, 1999), p. 105.

58. David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 90.

59. David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 91.

60. Konstantin K. Rokossovsky, ‘Soldatskii dolg’ [‘A Soldier’s Duty’], Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal [Military Historical Journal], No. 2 (February 1990), p. 52, and No. 7 (July 1991), pp. 4–5.

61. David Garden and Kenneth Andrew (ed.), The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2010), p. 92.

62. Marek Kruk and Radoslaw Szewczyk, 9. Panzer-Division 1940–1943 (Poland: STRATUS, 2011), pp. 91–7.

63. Jason D. Mark, Death of the Leaping Horseman: 24. Panzer-Division in Stalingrad, 12th August–20th November 1942 (Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2003), p. 157.

64. David M. Glantz and Jonathan M. House, Armageddon in Stalingrad: September-November 1942 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2009), pp. 168–82.

65. Jason D. Mark, Island of Fire: The Battle for the Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad, November 1942-February 1943 (Sydney: Leaping Horseman Books, 2006), pp. 4–6.

66. Walter Gorlitz, Strategie der Defensive Model (Munich: Limes Verlag, 1982), p. 121.

67. Anton Detlevvon Plato, Die Geschichte Der 5. Panzerdivision 1938 bis 1945 (Regensburg: Walhalla und Praetoria verlag, 1978), p. 230.

68. Artem Drabkin & Oleg Sheremet, T-34 in Action (Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Ltd, 2006), p. 51.