Myths & Legends of the Second World War

by James Hayward

  ‘I am able …’ Brissaud (1973), p. 15

  ‘He [Colvin] plunged …’ Churchill (1948), p. 64

  ‘The matter was left …’ Brissaud (1973), p. 15

  ‘… free to fight’ Mure (1980), pp. 159–60

  ‘… served the Allies’ West (1981), pp. 238–9

  ‘In recent years …’ see Bennett (1994), p. 252; Mure (1980), pp. 159–68, pp. 186–93

  ‘I had not been …’ Mure (1980), p. 165

  ‘… long after others’ West (1983), p. 342; Mure (1980), p. 169

  ‘It never appeared …’ Mure (1980), p. 165

  ‘Another possible example …’ Jowitt (1954), pp. 18–31; West (1981), pp. 244–50

  ‘… champagne cider’ After the Battle, 11, p. 15

  ‘… Oreste Pinto’ After the Battle, 11, pp. 13–14

  ‘Pinto received a decoded …’ Pinto (1962), pp. 57–64

  ‘I clenched my …’ Pinto (1962), p. 64

  ‘In reality, Kieboom …’ Jowitt (1954), p. 23

  ‘… by means of’ Masterman (1972), p. 3

  ‘Innumerable precautions …’ Masterman (1972), p. 3

  ‘… Counterfeit Spies’ West (1998), pp. 236–54

  ‘… West himself’ Schellenberg (2000), pp. xxxiii–xxxiv

  ‘… George Armstrong’ West (1981), pp. 254–5

  ‘It is more …’ Masterman (1972), pp. 53–4

  ‘Although some accounts …’ After the Battle, 64, pp. 32–3

  ‘… MI5 only learned’ West (1981), pp. 273–4

  ‘… anecdotal evidence’ After the Battle, 64, p. 34

  CHAPTER ELEVEN

  ‘An instance …’ Eastern Daily Press, 19 September 1939

  ‘… an elite force’ The Times, 6 September 1939

  ‘… dismounted infantry’ Kaufmann (1993), p. 90

  ‘… the 18th Lancer’ Kaufmann (1993), p. 83

  ‘… Italian journalists’ Zaloga (1982), p. 8

  ‘… 674 German tanks’ Kaufmann (1993), p. 91

  ‘… the Polish air force’ Kaufmann (1993), p. 79

  ‘… are legion’ for example Longmate (1981), pp. 60–1

  ‘… near Newport’ Calder & Sheridan (1984), p. 82

  ‘We never found out …’ Armstrong (1941), p. 213

  ‘… Hawkinge airfield’ Collier (1979), p. 234

  ‘… in East Anglia’ Longmate (1971), p. 111

  ‘… never been confirmed’ Brown (1981), p. 120

  ‘Station Officer …’ Collier (1979), p. 234

  ‘In The Big Lie …’ White (1955), p. 22

  ‘It as about midnight …’ Collyer (1995), pp. 142–3

  ‘George Wright told …’ Johnson (1992), pp. 126–7

  ‘… is a nonsense’ Hayward (2001), p. 88

  ‘… elderly Home Guards’ Hayward (2001), pp. 105–6

  ‘Being a 1914–18 …’ Hayward (2001), p. 106

  ‘… unknown assassins’ Hayward (2002), pp. 4–5

  ‘… deadly motorcyclist’ Hayward (2002), p. 19

  ‘Between 1940 and 1944 …’ unpublished letter to Sunday Telegraph, 3 May 1992.

  ‘… Great Circle’ Gardner (1954), p. 122

  ‘… a serious drain’ Howard (1989), pp. 138–9

  ‘I am not saying …’ Gardner (1954), p. 123

  ‘… Hampshire coven’ King (1970), pp. 178–9

  ‘Fire and wind …’ McCormick (1968), p. 151

  ‘A ‘Cape-coloured …’ Bonaparte (1947), p. 98

  ‘… by Paul Fussell’ Fussell (1989), p. 119

  ‘… bite off the nipples’ Bonaparte (1947), p. 98

  ‘… neatly packed suitcases’ Regan (2000), p. 136

  ‘… a lot of opera’ Fussell (1989), p. 124

  ‘… pomaded and scented’ Fussell (1989), p. 123

  ‘… The Tuscana’ Longmate (1971), p. 422

  ‘… cardboard boots’ Sullivan (1997), p. 181; Regan (2000), p. 134

  ‘… by Brian Sullivan’ Sullivan (1997), pp. 177–205

  ‘The problem was …’ Regan (2000), pp. 134–5

  ‘Throughout the war …’ Sullivan (1997), p. 205

  ‘… of the 4,963’ Ramsey (1974), p. 23

  ‘… lost more prisoners’ Thompson (1956), p. 197

  ‘… Louis Mountbatten’ PRO, CAB 98/22/3830

  ‘… the postal censor’ Robertson (1963), p. 387

  ‘Lord Beaverbrook …’ Villa (1994), p. 260

  ‘… prove to Stalin’ Villa (1994), p. 2

  ‘One fact emerged …’ Maguire (1963), p. 157

  ‘It is said …’ Hodgson (1976), p. 263

  ‘… Stanley Lovell’ West (1984), pp. 120–2

  ‘The message was …’ Lovell (1963), pp. 153–4

  ‘… John Masterman’ Masterman (1972), p. 108

  ‘A great question …’ Peis (1977), pp. 122–3

  ‘… a very reliable’ Peis (1977), pp. 123–4

  ‘… Unreliable Witness’ West (1984), pp. 124–8

  ‘… Counterfeit Spies’ West (1988), p. 245

  ‘It was quite …’ Mosley (1982), p. 116; p. 104

  ‘… Hitler had already’ Brown (1976), p. 84

  ‘… 302 Division’ Maguire (1963), p. 157

  ‘The information …’ Robertson (1963), p. 206

  ‘… fully clothed’ West (1984), p. 119

  ‘… John Campbell’ West (1984), p. 132

  ‘… signal traffic’ West (1984), p. 132

  ‘… a testing and rehearsing’ Austin (1943), p. 51

  ‘… Sir Leslie Hollis’ Villa (1994), p. 3

  ‘… John Hughes-Hallett’ Villa (1994), p. 4

  ‘… Eisenhower credited’ Villa (1994), p. 17

  ‘… mine of experience’ Churchill (1951), p. 459

  ‘… Reynolds’s book …’ Villa (1994), p. 24

  ‘… King of Holland’ Regan (2000), p. 112

  ‘… perhaps the most’ Pinto (1952), p. 111

  ‘… July 1946’ West (1984), p. 149

  ‘… warned Langley privately’ Langley (1974), p. 227

  ‘One man …’ Pinto (1952), p. 112

  ‘… all the secret facts’ Pinto (1952), p. 139

  ‘It is true …’ Pinto (1952), pp. 139–40

  ‘He knew that …’ Giskes (1953), p. 171

  ‘The traffic heard …’ Giskes (1953), p. 172

  ‘When I went …’ Pinto (1952), p. 142

  ‘… John Bulloch’ Bulloch (1966), p. 101

  ‘The Abwehr had …’ Laurens (1969), p. 119

  ‘Finally, the last …’ Laurens (1969), p. 119

  ‘They had only …’ Laurens (1969), p. 134

  ‘… countless amours’ Pinto (1952), p. 122

  ‘… gross appetites’ Pinto (1952), p. 149

  ‘… superb muscular’ Pinto (1952), p. 145

  ‘… famed for his’ Pinto (1952), p. 144

  ‘A curious moral …’ Laurens (1969), p. 169

  ‘… Kurt Student’ Ryan (1974), p. 117

  ‘… already in position’ Ryan (1974), p. 117

  ‘He asked to be …’ Langley (1974), pp. 226–7

  ‘Exhaustive enquiries …’ Langley (1974), p. 228–9

  ‘Months later …’ Langley (1974), p. 229

  CHAPTER TWELVE

  ‘The events leading …’ Way (1996), pp. 137–45

  ‘… save for one report’ Butcher (1986), p. 261

  ‘… on January 20th 1945’ Way (1996), pp. 143

  ‘… Paris brothel’ Butcher (1986), p. 257; Way (1996), p. 143

  ‘… black marketeer’ Fussell (1989), p. 41

  ‘… psychological wreck’ Butcher (1986), p. 257

  ‘… had been murdered’ Glenn Miller’s Last Flight, Channel 4 (UK) television programme, 2001

  ‘… disfigured in a fire’ TV (2001)

  ‘… by the SS’ TV (2001)

  ‘… Down Beat’ Down Beat, 27 July 1951

  ‘The follow
ing facts …’ quoted in Butcher (1986), p. 267

  ‘… a ferry pilot’ Way (1996), p. 140; Butcher (1986), p. 260

  ‘… lacked sufficient range’ Butcher (1986), p. 258

  ‘… Chiltern Hills’ Butcher (1986), p. 262

  ‘… wreckage recovered’ Butcher (1986), p. 262

  ‘… Fred Shaw’ Sunday Mirror, 16 November 1984

  ‘… incident was discussed’ Glenn Miller’s Last Flight, Channel 4 (UK) television programme, 2001

  ‘… only eight degrees’ Glenn Miller’s Last Flight (2001)

  ‘… auctioned by Sotheby’s’ Brighton & Hove Argus, 14 April 1999

  ‘The first prisoner …’ Johnson (1992), pp. 112–4

  ‘… over the English Channel’ eg Whalen (1965), pp. 370–1

  ‘… the Katyn Forest’ West (1981), p. 306

  ‘… fled to Manchuria’ Piekalkiewicz (1974), p. 320

  ‘On April 26th …’ Irving (1967), p. 36

  ‘… British Secret Service’ Irving (1967), p. 83

  ‘… last victim of Katyn’ Irving (1967), p. 175

  ‘… future Honours List’ Irving (1967), p. 91

  ‘… Erwin Lahousen’ Wighton & Peis (1958), p. 35; Hinchley (1963), pp. 203–11

  ‘… diaries make no mention’ Irving (1967), p. 178ff

  ‘In March 1942 …’ Irving (1967), pp. 149–52

  ‘… De Gaulle’ Irving (1967), pp. 163–5

  ‘… Stalin was apparently’ Djilas (1962), pp. 70–1

  ‘… Pinder and Lock’ West (1981), p. 305

  ‘… Irving ‘failed to obtain’ Irving (1969), p. 194

  ‘… English colonel’ West (1981), p. 307

  ‘… Swiss bank vault’ Thompson (1969), p. 5; Irving (1967), p. 177

  ‘… a large amount of money’ Thompson (1969), p. 13

  ‘… in a bar brawl’ Thompson (1969), p. 8

  ‘… sued for libel’ McCormick (1993), p. 150

  ‘… W.S. Herring’ Irving (1967), pp. 107–8

  ‘… later Prchal denied’ Thompson (1969), p. 251–2

  ‘… furs and oranges’ Thompson (1969), p. 249

  ‘… Sikorski himself selected’ Irving (1967), p. 55

  ‘There was one …’ Thompson (1969), Appendix C, p. 4

  ‘… ordered by Churchill’ Piekalkiewicz (1974), p. 336

  ‘… Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb’ Piekalkiewicz (1974), p. 332

  ‘… Christine Granville’ McCormick (1993), p. 149

  ‘… Teresa Lubienska’ McCormick (1993), p. 149; Hinchley (1963), pp. 59–64

  ‘… tram or lorry’ Thompson (1969), p. 4; Irving (1967), p. 157

  ‘… succumbed to pneumonia’ Thompson (1969), p. 329

  ‘… House of Commons’ Hansard (Commons), oral answers 10 June 1943 (‘Lost Air Liner’)

  ‘… his own double’ Thompson (1969), p. 82

  ‘The regular commercial …’ Churchill (1951), p. 742

  ‘The ‘thickset man‘… ’ Howard (1981), pp. 234–5

  ‘… a British agent’ Howard (1981), p.2 29

  ‘… inestimable value’ Jackson (2000), p. 93

  ‘Wilfrid Israel’ Howard (1981), p. 233

  ‘… important documents’ Howard (1981), p. 226

  ‘… reluctant to discuss’ Howard (1981), p. 219

  ‘… remained unequalled’ Kinsey (1992), p. 98

  ‘The Air Officer …’ Kinsey (1992), p. 99

  ‘… daily newspapers’ eg Daily Telegraph, 31 May 1940

  ‘… several diarists’ Panter-Downes (1971), p. 65

  ‘Thirty-five Junkers …’ Kinsey (1992), p. 99

  ‘… grounded in January’ Brew (1993), pp. 247–8

  ‘… very next day’ Brew (1993), p. 249

  ‘… over four days’ Brew (1993), p. 253

  ‘… 141, lost six’ Brew (1993), p. 250

  ‘… 15 Bf 109’ Brew (1993), pp. 249–50

  ‘… just 14 machines’ Brew (1993), p. 250

  ‘… two of these Bf 109s’ Brew (1993), p. 249

  ‘… 1,062 examples’ Brew (1993), p. 235

  ‘… John Cunningham’ Golley (1999), pp. 41–2

  ‘… detested the nickname’ Rawnsley and Wright (1957), p. 67

  ‘… Going to Brighton’ Wegmann and Widfelt (1997), foreword

  ‘… RAF or USAAF personnel’ Wegmann and Widfelt (1997), p. 287

  ‘The story concerned …’ Johnson (1992), p. 108

  ‘… 861st Engineer’ Burgess and Rance (1988), p. 49

  ‘A certain stone …’ Burgess and Rance (1988), p. 49

  ‘… local workers’ Johnson (1992), p. 108

  ‘… a Thunderbolt’ Burgess and Rance (1988), p. 51

  ‘… a heart attack’ Johnston (1992), p.109

  ‘… in East Dereham’ Dereham & Fakenham Times, 11 January 1941; News Chronicle, 6 January 1941

  ‘… phantom Los Angeles’ Good (1987), pp. 15–18

  ‘Residents from Santa …’ New York Times, 26 February 1942

  ‘During the blackout …’ New York Times, 26 February 1942

  ‘Most of the [30] arrests …’ New York Times, 26 February 1942

  ‘… on Oahu’ Fussell (1989), p. 40

  ‘… as 27 aircraft’ New York Times, 26 February 1942

  ‘They seemed to be …’ Collins (1968), quoted by Good (1987), p. 16

  ‘Taking into account …’ Collins (1968), quoted by Good (1987), p. 16

  ‘… between Santa Monica’ Good (1987), p. 15

  ‘As many as 15 …’ quoted by Good (1987), p. 17

  ‘… Long Beach Independent’ quoted by Good (1987), p. 16

  ‘Admiral Knox …’ Good (1987), p. 16

  ‘… ignition systems’ Good (1987), p. 19

  ‘… official reports’ Harbinson (1995), p. 46

  ‘A new German …’ New York Times, 14 December 1944

  ‘According to Reuters …’ New Orleans Item, 13 December 1944;

  South Wales Argus, 13 December 1944

  ‘Phoo fighters are …’ Daily Telegraph, 1 January 1945

  ‘It was in …’ Wilkins (1954), p. 21

  ‘… through a hatch’ Creighton (1962), p. 12

  ‘… Rudolph Schriever’ Harbinson (1995), p. 71; p. 259

  ‘During the war …’ Lusar (1959), p. 165

  ‘… General Massey’ Good (1987), pp. 18–19; pp. 25–6

  ‘… myth of Scrarecrows’ Hastings (1979), p. 167

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