Hitler's Panzer Armies on the Eastern Fron (45 page)

44. Citino,
The Death of the Wehrmacht
, p. 166; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 356; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 147; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, pp. 333–34, 336–37. The 24th Panzer was the former 1st Cavalry Division, reorganized during the winter.

45. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 358; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 119; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, pp. 340–44.

46. Citino,
The Death of the Wehrmacht
, p. 170; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 119; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 152; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, pp. 344–45, 347.

47. Seaton,
The Russo-German War
,p.276.

48. Beevor,
Stalingrad
, p. 95; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 366; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 159; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, p. 365.

49. Citino,
The Death of the Wehrmacht
, p. 250; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 367; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, pp. 387–88, 390, 393.

50. Beck,
Bis Stalingrad,p
. 155;Beevor,
Stalingrad
, pp. 117–18; Alan Clark,
Barbarossa
, p. 243; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 391.

51. Beck,
Bis Stalingrad
, p. 162.

52. Ibid., pp. 166, 170; Beevor,
Stalingrad
, p. 249; Citino,
The Death of the Wehrmacht
, p. 300; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 8, 12; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, pp. 470–72, 478–80. The Soviets attacked 6th Panzer as it came off rail cars at Kotelnikovo, Beevor,
Stalingrad
, p. 296.

53. Raus,
Panzer Operationen
, pp. 173–74.

54. Beevor,
Stalingrad
, p. 298; Citino,
The Death of the Wehrmacht
, p. 301; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 23; Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, pp. 15, 71; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, pp. 140–41; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, pp. 215–16; Ziemke and Bauer,
Moscow to Stalingrad
, p. 496.

55. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 32, 48; Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, p. 96; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 144; Nipe,
Last Victory
, pp. 57, 89; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 90–91. Von Manstein’ s command was renamed Army Group South on 14 February 1943.

56. Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, pp. 122, 125. Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, pp. 146–47; Nipe,
Last Victory
, p. 107; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 92–93. Hausser’s organization was not known as ‘II’ SS Panzer Corps until later that spring.

57. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 51–52; Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, pp. 132, 144, 209; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, p. 13; Nipe,
Last Victory
, pp. 157, 259, 267, 328; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 94–97. In terms of combat-capable panzers, SS LAH had 30, DR: 26 and TK: 49, Nipe,
Last Victory
, p. 286. Hausser’s disobedience cost the highly qualified Lanz his command job.

58. Beevor,
Stalingrad
, p. 298; Dunn,
Kursk
, p. 16; Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, pp. 146, 226; Nipe,
Last Victory
, p. 350.

59. All order of battle information: Dunn,
Kursk
, pp. 60–61. Panzers in workshops almost ready to rejoin their divisions: SS LAH: 25, SS DR: 16, SS TK: 47, GD: 51, 11th Panzer: 29.

60. Ibid., pp. 77, 154; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, p. 54; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 165; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 118, 124, 132.

61. Dunn,
Kursk
, pp. 104, 108, 121; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, p. 94; Schrodek,
Ihr Glaube galt dem Vaterland
, pp. 268–69; Spaeter,
Die Geschichte des Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland
, p. 179; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, p. 135.

62. Dunn,
Kursk
, pp. 125, 127–28, 133, 135, 138; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, pp. 112–13; Schrodek,
Ihr Glaube galt dem Vaterland
, p. 269.

63. Dunn,
Kursk
, pp. 135, 143, 147, 151, 153–54; Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 106; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, pp. 146, 164, 204, 218; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, pp. 166–67; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 277.

64. Dunn,
Kursk
, p. 165; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, pp. 246–48; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 168; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, p. 150.

65. Spaeter,
Die Geschichte des Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland
, pp. 249–50.

66. Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, pp. 248–49, 295, 298, 304, 312, 321, 334–35, 337; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 169; Schrodek,
Ihr Glaube galt dem Vaterland
, p. 275; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, p. 156.

67. Glantz,
From the Don to the Dnepr
, pp. 342, 361, 363, 365; Glantz and House,
The Battle of Kursk
, pp. 251, 277, 279; Schrodek
Ihr Glaube galt dem Vaterland
, pp. 277–78.

68. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 120, 123, 126; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 172; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 295; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 169, 171.

69. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 141–42; David Glantz,
The Soviet Airborne Experience
, Ft Leavenworth, 1984, pp. 100, 102; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 173; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 184–85. Vatutin was to capture Kiev in time for the anniversary of the November Revolution, Erickson, ibid., p. 140.

70. Scheibert,
Die Gespenster Division
, pp. 126–27, Schultz commanded Panzer Regiment 25.

71. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 133, 143; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 174; Raus,
Panzer Operationen
, p. 258; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 186–87. Hoth’ s removal ‘undermined’ Army Group South, Erickson, ibid., p. 143.

72. Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, pp. 174–75; Raus,
Panzer Operationen
, p. 263; Stoves,
Die 1. Panzer-Division
, pp. 442, 444, 453, 458; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, p. 189.

73. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 163; Raus,
Panzer Operationen
, pp. 264–65; Stoves,
Die 1. Panzer-Division
, p. 470; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 222–23. The XLII Corps was relieving XXIV Panzer on the panzer army right during this period.

74. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, pp. 164–65; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 246–47.

75. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 183; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, p. 189; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, pp. 328, 355; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 274, 276, 279, 282.

76. Raus,
Panzer Operationen
, p. 269. Colonel Werner Friebe of 8th Panzer Division was the younger brother of Major General Helmut Friebe, at the time commanding 125th Infantry Division.

77. Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 288, 330–32.

78. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 243; Hinze,
To the Bitter End
, p. 22; Mitcham,
Crumbling Empire
, p. 76; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 332, 337, 341.

79. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 450 (Koniev’s mission included not demolishing Silesia as he captured it); Hinze,
To the Bitter End
, p. 74; Mitcham,
Crumbling Empire
, p. 168; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 417, 425.

80. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 457; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 264; Hinze,
To the Bitter End
, pp. 90, 101, 103; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 421, 424.

81. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 472–73; Hastings,
Armageddon
, p. 244; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, p. 305; Hinze,
To the Bitter End
, pp. 116, 123–24; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, pp. 442–43.

82. Erickson,
Road to Berlin
, p. 558; Glantz and House,
When Titans Clashed
, pp. 265–67, 270; Haupt,
Army Group Center
, pp. 296, 311; Hinze,
To the Bitter End
, pp. 184, 187; Le Tissier,
The Battle for Berlin
, pp. 59, 61, 63–64, 71, 93; Ziemke,
Stalingrad to Berlin
, p. 474.

Chapter 6

1. At the same time, Rommel’s much smaller Panzer Army Africa did the same with Tobruk.

2. The Fifth and Sixth SS Panzer Armies in the Ardennes and Sixth SS Panzer at Lake Balaton seized the initiative, but again, only along a 100km front and then only for one week.

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