by Mark Felton
5. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 162.
6. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 162.
7. Ibid, p. 162.
8. Murdering Hitler, op. cit.
9. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 163.
10. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), pp. 43–58.
Chapter 3: Trains and Automobiles
1. Otto Dietrich, The Hitler I Knew: Memoir of the Third Reich’s Press Chief (New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010), Kindle edition.
2. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 66.
3. Ibid, p. 71.
4. Heinz Linge, With Hitler to the End: The Memoirs of Hitler’s Valet (New York: Frontline Books, 2009), p. 11.
5. Ibid, p. 13.
6. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 127.
7. Ibid, p. 127.
8. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), pp. 145–6.
9. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 128.
10. Ibid, p. 135.
11. Ibid, p. 202.
12. Ibid, p. 136.
13. Ibid, p. 136.
14. Ibid, p. 202.
15. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., p. 162.
16. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 145.
Chapter 4: Eagle’s Eyrie
1. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945 Nemesis (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 742.
2. ‘Hitler’s Ultra-Secret Adlerhorst’ by Irwin J. Kappes, militaryhistoryonline.com (accessed 14 June 2013).
3. ‘Guide to Hitler’s Headquarters’ by Richard Rieber, After the Battle, No. 19 (London: Battle of Britain International, 1977), pp. 48–51.
4. Ibid, p. 51.
5. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 294.
6. Richard Rieber, op. cit., p.4.
7. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 208.
8. Ibid, p. 214.
9. Richard Rieber, op. cit., p. 18.
10. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 214.
11. Richard Rieber, op. cit., p.1.
12. Irwin J. Kappes, op. cit.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 756.
17. Ibid, p. 757.
18. Ibid, p. 768.
Chapter 5: The Führer’s Squadron
1. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 75.
2. C.G. Sweeting, Hitler’s Squadron: The Führer’s Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 1933–1945 (London: Brassey’s, 2001), p. 70.
3. Ibid, p. 72.
4. Ibid, p. 64.
5. Ibid, p. 70.
6. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., pp. 76–7.
7. Ibid, p. 78.
8. Ibid, p. 76.
9. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), p. 190.
10. Ibid, p. 191.
11. C.G. Sweeting, op. cit., p. 80.
12. Ibid, p. 83.
Chapter 6: Eagle’s Nest
1. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), p. 167.
2. James Wilson, Hitler’s Alpine Retreat (Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2005), p. 7.
3. Ibid, p.8.
4. Hoffmann, Peter, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press), 2000, p. 157.
5. Report on information obtained from PW KP/29750 SS Schutze Obernigg, FO/1020,3471 (The National Archives (Public Record Office)), Kew.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Third Reich in Ruins, www.thirdreichruins.com (accessed 12 July 2013).
9. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945 Nemesis (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 34.
10. Ibid, p. 34.
11. Obernigg, op. cit.
12. Third Reich in Ruins, op. cit.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Obernigg, op. cit.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Third Reich in Ruins, op. cit.
21. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 190.
22. Obernigg, op. cit.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Third Reich in Ruins, op. cit.
27. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 202.
28. Obernigg, op. cit.
29. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 196.
30. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., p. 167.
31. Ibid, p. 167.
32. Ibid, p. 168.
33. Ibid, p. 169.
Chapter 7: Wolf’s Lair
1. Third Reich in Ruins, www.thirdreichruins.com (accessed 20 July 2013).
2. ‘Guide to Hitler’s Headquarters’ by Richard Rieber, After the Battle, No. 19 (London: Battle of Britain International, 1977), pp. 48–51.
3. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 225.
4. Ibid, p. 226.
5. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, 3rd Panzer Grenadier Battalion, Führer Begleit Brigade, FO/1020/3471, The National Archives (Public Record Office), Kew.
6. Traudl Junge, To the Final Hour (Phoenix, 2004), p. 116.
7. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 229.
8. Ibid, p. 232.
9. Ibid, p. 232.
10. Ibid, p. 232.
11. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, op. cit.
12. Kershaw, Sir Ian, Hitler: Nemesis, 1936–1945 (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 396.
13. Ibid, p. 396.
14. Ibid, p. 396.
15. Ibid, p. 397.
16. Ibid, p. 397.
17. Ibid, p. 397.
18. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, op. cit.
19. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 238.
20. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, op. cit.
21. Antony Beevor, Stalingrad (London: Penguin Books, 2007), p. 80.
22. Ibid, p. 80.
23. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 240.
24. Matthias Uhl & Henrik Eberle, The Hitler Book: The Secret Report by his Two Closest Aides (London: John Murray, 1978), p. 400.
25. Ibid, p. 400.
26. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 242.
27. Ibid, p. 242.
Chapter 8: Enemies Within
1. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945 Nemesis (London: Penguin Books, 2001), pp. 662–3.
2. Philip von Boeselager, Valkyrie: The Plot to Kill Hitler (London: Phoenix, 2009), p. 99.
3. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 663.
4. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 192.
5. Ibid, p. 152.
6. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), p. 197.
7. Ibid, p. 197.
8. Ibid, p. 198.
9. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 656.
10. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., p. 191.
11. Joachim Fest, Plotting Hitler’s Death: The German Resistance to Hitler, 1933–1945 (London: Phoenix, 1996), p. 219.
12. Ibid, p. 220.
13. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 663.
14. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., pp. 192–3.
15. Philip von Boeselager, op. cit., pp. 99–105.
16. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., p. 193.
17. Ibid, 195.
18. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 657.
19. Joachim Fest, op. cit., p. 219.
20. Roger Moorhouse, op. cit., p. 199.
Chapter 9: Valkyrie
1. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945 Nemesis (London: Penguin Books, 2001),
p. 657.
2. Murdering Hitler: The Failed Attacks on Hitler’s Life, www.valkyrie.greyfalcon.us.
3. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 247.
4. Ibid, p. 247.
5. Ibid, p. 248.
6. Murdering Hitler, op. cit.
7. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: 1936–1945 Nemesis (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 672.
8. Murdering Hitler, op. cit.
9. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 674.
10. Ibid, p. 674.
11. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 252.
12. Ibid, p. 252.
13. Murdering Hitler, op. cit.
14. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 675.
15. Pierre Galante, Operation Valkyrie (London: Harper and Row, 1981), pp. 11–12.
16. Ibid, p. 205.
17. Murdering Hitler, op. cit.
18. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), p. 205.
19. Pierre Galante, op. cit., p. 209.
20. Ibid, p. 210.
21. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 680.
22. Pierre Galante, op. cit., p. 209.
23. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., p. 206.
24. Ibid, p. 682.
25. Ibid, p. 207.
26. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 252.
27. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, 3rd Panzer Grenadier Battalion, Führer Begleit Brigade, FO/1020/3471, The National Archives (Public Record Office), Kew.
28. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 253.
29. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, op. cit.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Heinz Linge, With Hitler to the End: The Memoir of Hitler’s Valet (New York: Frontline Books, 2009), pp. 12–13.
33. Interrogation report: Hauptmann Gaum, op. cit.
34. Ibid.
35. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 255.
36. Ibid.
Chapter 10: Storm of the Century
1. Earl F. Ziemke, Battle for Berlin: End of the Third Reich (New York: Ballantine Books, 1969), p. 71.
2. Peter Hoffmann, Hitler’s Personal Security: Protecting the Führer, 1921–1945 (New York: Da Capo Press, 2000), p. 257.
3. C.G. Sweeting, Hitler’s Squadron: The Führer’s Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 1933–1945 (London: Brassey’s, 2001), p. 72.
4. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 258.
5. Ronald Pawly, Hitler’s Chancellery: A Palace to Last a Thousand Years (Ramsbury: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2009), p. 151.
6. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 261.
7. Steven Lehrer, The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime (New York: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006), p. 122.
8. ‘Wartime relic found in archives of Green Howards Regimental Museum’ by Mark Foster, The Northern Echo, 1 February 2010.
9. See: Steven Lehrer, The Reich Chancellery and Führerbunker Complex: An Illustrated History of the Seat of the Nazi Regime (New York: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006).
10. Antony Beevor, Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (London: Penguin Books, 2003), p. 255.
11. Ibid, p. 255.
12. Ibid, p. 262.
13. Thomas Fischer, Soldiers of the Leibstandarte (J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 2008), pp. 42–3.
14. Antony Beevor, op. cit., pp. 310–12.
15. Ibid, p. 297.
16. Ibid, p. 275.
17. Kershaw, Sir Ian, Hitler: Nemesis, 1936–1945 (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 803.
18. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 173.
19. Antony Beevor, op. cit., pp. 276–7.
20. C.G. Sweeting, op. cit., p. 91.
21. Peter Hoffmann, op. cit., p. 195.
22. Roger Moorhouse, Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots to Kill the Führer (London: Vintage, 2007), p. 172.
Chapter 11: The Eagles Have Flown
1. Ronald Pawly, Hitler’s Chancellery: A Palace to Last a Thousand Years (Ramsbury: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2009), p. 1.
2. Sir Ian Kershaw, Hitler: Nemesis, 1936–1945 (London: Penguin Books, 2001), p. 813.
3. Ibid, p. 817.
4. Antony Beevor, Berlin: The Downfall 1945 (London: Penguin Books, 2003), p. 343.
5. John Erickson, The Road to Berlin: Continuing the History of Stalin’s War with Germany (Boulder: Westview Press, 1983), pp. 603–4.
6. Antony Beevor, op. cit., p. 358.
7. Heinz, Linge, With Hitler to the End: The Memoirs of Hitler’s Valet (London: Frontline Books, 2009), p. 199.
8. Ibid, p. 199.
9. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 174.
10. Heinz Linge, op. cit., p.1.
11. Ibid, p. 200.
12. Sir Ian Kershaw, op. cit., pp. 829–31.
13. Heinz Linge, op. cit., p. 200.
14. Ibid, p.1.
15. Ibid, pp. 1–2.
16. Anton Joachimsthaler, The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, The Evidence, The Truth (London: Brockhampton Press, 1999), p. 210.
17. Ibid, p. 175.
18. Ibid, p. 210–11.
19. Antony Beevor, op. cit., p. 381.
20. Ibid, p. 367.
21. Erich Kempka, Die letzten Tag mit Adolf Hitler (Oldendorf: Preussisch, 1981), p. 281.
22. Antony Beevor, op. cit., pp. 381–3.
23. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 177.
24. Ibid, p. 177.
25. C.G. Sweeting, Hitler’s Squadron: The Führer’s Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 1933–1945 (London: Brassey’s, 2001), p. 93.
26. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 174.
27. Ibid, p. 177.
28. Antony Beevor, op. cit., p. 383.
29. ‘DNA test closes book on mystery of Martin Bormann’ by Imre Karacs, The Independent, Bonn, 4 May 1998.
30. Ronald Pawly, op. cit., p. 152.
31. Antony Beevor, op. cit., p. 383.
32. ‘Russian who ‘cremated’ Adolf Hitler refuses to reveal where he scattered his ashes’ by Will Stewart, Daily Mail, 30 April 2010.
33. ‘Tests on skull fragment cast doubt on Adolf Hitler suicide story’ by Uki Goñi, Guardian, 27 September 2009.
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