Where the Iron Crosses Grow

24. Bidermann, In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier’s Memoir of the Eastern Front, p. 57.

25. TsAMO f. 288, Op. 9912, 2.

26. Ia, VII, Beilagenheft zum Kriegstagebuch Nr. 4, “Gefechtsbericht der Brigade Ziegler, 28.10 – 7.11.41,” XXXXII Armeekorps, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), series T-314, Roll 1669, frame 409.

27. Charles C. Sharp, Red Legions: Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed Before June 1941, Soviet Order of Battle World War II Series, Volume VIII (Published by George F. Nafziger, 1996), pp. 54, 77.

Chapter 4

1. Report No. 877 of the Commander of the Forces of the Crimea to the Chief of the General Staff, 8 November 1941, TsAMO, F. 48a, Op. 3412, D. 720, L. 708–709.

2. David M. Glantz, The Battle for the Crimea: Combat Documents and Chronology, Volume 1, 9 September – 31 December 1941 (self-published by David M. Glantz, 2008), p. 149.

3. Michel Ledet et al, “Sébastopol: À l’assault de la forteresse” Part 1, Batailles Aériennes, No. 36, April–June 2006, p. 6.

4. O.Qu., Anlage D z. KTB 4 u. 5, Zahlenmeldungen, AOK 11, Nov. 2 1941 – April 2, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-312, Roll 417.

5. Glantz, The Battle for the Crimea: Combat Documents and Chronology, Volume 1, 9 September – 31 December 1941, p. 185.

6. Sevastopol’s Defensive Works, 17 December 1941, TsMVA, D. 1950, L. 244.

7. General Staff Order No. 2529/OP, 18 November 1941, TsAMO, F. 48a, Op. 3412, D. 706, L. 11.

8. Stavka Directive No. 004973, 19 November 1941, TsAMO, F. 148a, Op. 3763, D. 96, L. 89-91.

9. Gottlob H. Bidermann, In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier’s Memoir of the Eastern Front (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2000), p. 63.

10. O.Qu., Anlage D z. KTB 4 u. 5, Zahlenmeldungen, AOK 11, Nov. 2 1941 – April 2, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-312, Roll 417.

11. F. Perechnev and F. Vinogradov, Na strazhe morskikh gorizontov [The Guardians of the Coast] (Moscow: Soviet Mininstry of Defense, 1967), p. 51.

12. Perechnev and Vinogradov, Na strazhe morskikh gorizontov [The Guardians of the Coast], p. 53.

13. Perechnev and Vinogradov, Na strazhe morskikh gorizontov [The Guardians of the Coast], pp. 54–55.

Chapter 5

1. la, XII. Beilagenheft z. KTB 4, Gefechtsbericht Infanterie-Regiment 42, XXXXXII Armeekorps, December 24, 1941 to January 1, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-314, Roll 1669.

2. Ia, Anl. Z. KTB 1, Lagekarten, December 4 – 31, 1941, AOK 11, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-312, Roll 367.

3. la, XII. Beilagenheft z. KTB 4, Befehle und Gefechtsberichte, XXXXXII Armeekorps, December 24, 1941 to January 1, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-314, Roll 1669.

4. Aleksandr B. Shirokorad, Bitva za Krym [Battle of the Crimea] (Moscow: AST, 2005).

5. la, XII. Beilagenheft z. KTB 4, Befehle und Gefechtsberichte., Auszug aus dem Kriegstagebuch J. R. 97 vom 26.12.41 bis 1.1.42, XXXXXII Armeekorps, December 24, 1941 to January 1, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-314, Roll 1669.

6. la, IV. Beilagenheft z. KTB U, Tagesmeldungen der Divisionen., XXXXXII Armeekorps, October 30, 1941 to March 31, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-314, Roll 1668.

7. Aleksei M. Guscin, Osyenyenniye gvardyeyskim styagom [Shaded Guards Banner] (Moscow: Young Guard Publishing, 1975).

8. la, IV. Beilagenheft z. KTB U, Tagesmeldungen der Divisionen., XXXXXII Armeekorps, October 30, 1941 to March 31, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-314, Roll 1668.

9. Paul Carell, Hitler Moves East 1941–1943 (Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 1991), p. 284.

10. Carell, Hitler Moves East 1941–1943, p. 285.

11. Franz Kurowski, Sturmgeschütz vor! Assault Guns to the Front! (Winnipeg: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 1999), p. 44.

12. O.Qu., Anlage D z. KTB 4 u. 5, Zahlenmeldungen, AOK 11, Nov. 2 1941 – April 2, 1942, NAM (National Archives Microfilm), Series T-312, Roll 417.

13. Kurowski, Sturmgeschütz vor! Assault Guns to the Front!, p. 44.