Introduction
1D’Este, ‘Foreword,’ in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. vii
2Dyson, Weapons and Hope, p. 151
3Translation of Taped Conversation with Lieutenant General Heinz Gaedcke, p. 27
4D’Este, ‘Foreword,’ in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. vii
5D’Este, ‘Foreword,’ in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. vii
6Cole, The Lorraine Campaign, p. 230
7Cole, The Lorraine Campaign, p. 230
8Wilmot, The Struggle for Europe, 10756/10758
9Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 306
10Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 247
11Zabecki and Biedekarken, ‘Preface’ in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. ix
12Pryer, ‘Growing Leaders Who Practice Mission Command and Win the Peace,’ pp. 32 and 40
13Zabecki and Biedekarken, ‘Preface’ in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. xi
14The original German version Ordnung im Chaos was published in 1981.
15Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 3–4
16Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 4
17Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 12
18Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 17
19Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 29
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 34
21Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 106
22Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 192
23Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, pp.192–3
24Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 471
25Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 148
26Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 86
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 49
28Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 55
29Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 170
30Dyson, Weapons and Hope, p. 155
Chapter One: Breakthrough at Sedan
1Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 171
2Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 171
3Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 172
4Citino, The Path to Blitzkrieg, p. 250
5Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 2070/14003
6Showalter, Hitler’s Panzers, p. 105
7Powaski, ‘Cut of the sickle’, p. 60
8Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3286/14003
9Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 4211/14003
10Holland, The War in the West, p. 203
11Holland, The War in the West, pp. 202–3
12Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 1979/14003
13Powaski, ‘Cut of the Sickle,’ p. 62
14Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 172
15Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 172
16Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 172
17Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 174
18Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 174
19Cook, ‘The German Breakthrough at Sedan’, p. 11
20Cook, ‘The German Breakthrough at Sedan’, p. 11
21Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 14
22Doughty, The Breaking Point, 2909/7793
23Powaski, ‘Cut of the Sickle’, p. 63
24Doughty, The Breaking Point, 1961/7793
25Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 172
26Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 174
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 174
28Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3434/14003
29Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3490/14003
30Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3490/14003
31Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3490/14003
32Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 4
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 174
34Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 3
35Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 3
36Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
37Guderian, Panzer Leader, 2028/10570
38Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3577/14003
39Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
40Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
41Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
42Doughty, The Breaking Point, 2762/7793
43Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
44Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3809/14003
45Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3831/14003
46Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 84
47Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
48Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 175
49Doughty, The Breaking Point, 3594/7793
50Doughty, The Breaking Point, 3594/7793
51Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3632/14003
52Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3772/14003
53Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 176
54Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 176
55Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3910/14003
56Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 4011/14003
57Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 176
58Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 176
59Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 176
60Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 177
61Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3957/14003
62Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 177
63Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 178
Chapter Two: The Fall of France
1Showalter, Hitler’s Panzers, p. 108
2Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 5554/14003
3Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, pp. 6–7
4Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 197
5Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 179
6Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 179
7Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 179
8Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, pp. 197–8
9Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 179
10Horne, To Lose a Battle, 6089/8138
11Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 198
12Guderian, Panzer Leader, 2122/10570
13Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 180
14Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 180
15Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 180
16Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 4300/14003
17Horne, To Lose a Battle, 8132/8138
18Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 182
19Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 183
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 185
21Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 186
22Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 191
23Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 195
24Doughty, The Breaking Point, 6113/7793
25Horne, To Lose a Battle, 4976/4980
26Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 197
27Mosier, Cross of Iron, p. 212
28Williamson and O’Leary, ‘Military Transformation and Legacy Forces’, p. 23
29Williamson and O’Leary, ‘Military Transformation and Legacy Forces’, p. 22
30Newland, ‘Blitzkrieg in Retrospect’, p. 86
31Translation of Taped Conversations with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 19
32Citino, ‘New Gang in Town’, p. 26
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 193
34Translation of Taped Conversations with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 20
35Frieser, The Blitzkrieg Legend, 3397/14003
36Megargee, ‘The German Army after the Great War,’ in Dennis and Grey, Victory or Defeat, p. 110
37Newland, ‘Blitzkrieg in Retrospect’, p. 87
38Naveh, In Pursuit of Military Excellence, p. 117
39Showalter, Hitler’s Panzers, p. 108
40Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 13
41Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 17
42Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 14
43Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 196
44Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 17
45Newland, ‘German Panzers on the Offensive’, p. 145
46Gat, ‘British Influence and the Evolution of the Panzer Arm: Myth or Reality? Part II’, p. 336
47Hart, Guderian, 1254/3067
48Gudmundsson, On Armor, p. 132
49Gudmundsson, On Armor, pp. 105–6
Chapter Three: Intervention in the Balkans
1Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 199
2Mitcham, Panzer Legions, 1037/5468
3Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 199
4Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 199
5The German Campaigns in the Balkans, p. 3
6McClymont, To Greece, p. 88
7Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 78
8Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 78
9Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 79
10Holland, The War in the West, p. 406
11Mosier, Cross of Iron, p. 149
12Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 79
13Keitel, The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, 1788/4185
14McClymont, To Greece, p. 88
15Jovanovich, ‘The War in the Balkans in 1941’, pp. 105–29
16Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 80
17Jovanovich, ‘The War in the Balkans in 1941’, pp. 105–29
18Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 82
19Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 65
20Sadkovich, ‘Anglo-American Bias and the Italo-Greek War of 1940–1941’, p. 617
21Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, pp. 46–7
22Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 67
23Jovanovich, ‘The War in the Balkans in 1941’, pp. 105–29
24Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 83
25Tyquin, Greece, p. 16
26Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 50
27Grehan and Mace, Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1939–1942, 1254/7540
28W Force was also known as Lustreforce.
29McClymont, To Greece, p. 100
30Grehan and Mace, Operations in North Africa and the Middle East 1939–1942, 1366/7540
31McClymont, To Greece, p. 101
32The German Campaigns in the Balkans, p. 18
33Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 69
34Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 200
35Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 200
36Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 200
37Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 200
38Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 201
39Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 102
40Borman, Divisional Signals, p. 79
41Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 84
42Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 84
43Tyquin, Greece, p. 16
44Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 118
45Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 205
46The German Campaigns in the Balkans, p. 21
47Jovanovich, ‘The War in the Balkans in 1941’, 105-129
48Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 128
49Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 129
50Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 129
51The German Campaigns in the Balkans, p. 22
52The 12th Army also included the 50th Corps which remained in Romania as a reserve and the 16th Panzer Division which defended the Turkish-Bulgarian border.
53Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
54Tyquin, Greece, p. 35
55Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
56Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
Chapter Four: The Shadow of Olympus
1Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 152
2Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 157
3Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 154
4Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 207
5Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
6Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
7Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 202
8Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I, 2545/3061
9Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I, 2556/3061
10Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 158
11Carr, The Defence and Fall of Greece, 4440/5813
12McClymont, To Greece, p. 161
13Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I, 2556/3061
14Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 203
15Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 203
16Plowman, War in the Balkans, 401/1190
17Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 167
18Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 168
19Carr, The Defence and Fall of Greece, 4719/5813
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 203
21Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 181
22Carr, The Defence and Fall of Greece, 4721/5813
23Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 204
24Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I, 2556/3061
25The German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia (AWM54, 624/7/2)
26Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 204
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 204
28Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 45
29Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 204
30Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 194
31McClymont, To Greece, p. 137
32Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 35
33Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 161
34Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 186
35Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 189
36Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 205-6
37McClymont, To Greece, p. 173
38Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 207
39Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 196
40German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
41McClymont, To Greece, p. 205
42Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 238
43Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 245
44Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 252
45Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 253
46Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 262
47McClymont, To Greece, p. 203
48Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 207
49Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 2216/6692
50Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 11
51Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 275
52Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 204
53Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 207
54The German Campaigns in the Balkans, p. 98
55Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 249
56German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
57Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 207
Chapter Five: The Battle of Platamon Ridge
1McClymont, To Greece, p. 175
2McClymont, To Greece, p. 175
3Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 81
4Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 45
5Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 45
6Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 46
7Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 46
8McClymont, To Greece, p. 176
9Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 2
10Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 217
11Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 80
12Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 81
13German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
14Stollbrock had fought as an infantry officer in World War I and was wounded in France in May 1940. Greentree, New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier, p. 53
15Translation of Taped Conversations with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 28
16Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 51
17Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 50
18Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 4
19Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 83
20Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 51
21Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 51
22German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
23German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
24McClymont, To Greece, p. 246
25Greentree, New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier, p. 46
26Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 4
27Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 4
28Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 85
29Stollbrock was later appointed commander of the NCO school for armoured reconnaissance troops at Sternberg in October 1941 and he served in this capacity until March 1944. In April 1944 he was made a regimental commander and later commanded the 2nd Panzer Division in April 1945. Greentree, New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier, p. 53
30German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
31Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 106
32Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 53
33Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 33
34Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 5
35Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 247
36Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 153
37Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 296
38Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 153
39Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 87
40Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
41McClymont, To Greece, p. 248
42Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 153
43Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 5
44Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 5
45Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
46Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 12
47Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 39
48Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 55
49Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 88
50Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
51Borman, Divisional Signals, p. 101
52Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 58
53Wood, A Battle to Win, pp. 100–1
54Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
55Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 153
56Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 5
57Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 56
58Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 33
59McClymont, To Greece, p. 249
60Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 12
61McClymont, To Greece, p. 250
62Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 57
63Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 91
64Borman, Divisional Signals, p. 101
65Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 40
66Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 90
67Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I, 2571/3061
68Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 153
69Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 2802/6692
70Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 35
71Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 94
72Wood, A Battle to Win, pp. 113–14
73Greentree, New Zealand Infantryman vs German Motorcycle Soldier, p. 28
74Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 114
75Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
76German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
77German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
Chapter Six: The Race to Larissa
1Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 290
2Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 292
3McClymont, To Greece, p. 280
4Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 313
5Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 323
6The German Campaigns in The Balkans, p. 100
7McClymont, To Greece, p. 251
8Strauss, ‘Go Tell the Spartans’, p. 20
9Matthew, ‘The Strategy of the Thermopylae Artemisium Line in 480 BC’, p. 8
10Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 305
11Plowman, War in the Balkans, 520/1190
12Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 320
13McClymont, To Greece, p. 252
14Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 318
15McClymont, To Greece, p. 251
16Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 62
1716 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
18Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 2892/6692
19McClymont, To Greece, p. 318
20Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 64
21McClymont, To Greece, p. 319
22Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 107
23Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 60
24Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 63
25Stockings, ‘The Battle of Pinios Gorge’, p. 146
26Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 108
2716 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
28McClymont, To Greece, p. 320
29Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 6
30German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
31Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
32Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 7
33German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
34German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
35German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
36Stockings, ‘The Battle of Pinios Gorge’, p. 144
37German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
38German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
39German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
40Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 11
41Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 209
42German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
43Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 330
44Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 210
45Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 108
46Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 65
47Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 65
48German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
49German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
5016 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
51Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 66
52German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
53Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
54German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
55German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
56Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 108
57Stockings, ‘The Battle of Pinios Gorge’, p. 147
5816 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
59Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 210
60German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
61Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 136
Chapter Seven: The Battle of Tempe Gorge
1German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
2Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 60
3Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 113
4German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
5German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
6Stockings, ‘The Battle of Pinios Gorge’, p. 148
72/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/2)
8McClymont, To Greece, p. 330
9Stockings, ‘The Battle of Pinios Gorge’, p. 148
10German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
11German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
12Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 63
13German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
14German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
15German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
16Rutherford, ‘In Their Own Words — The Battle of Tempe Gorge’ (online)
17Rutherford, ‘In Their Own Words — The Battle of Tempe Gorge’ (online)
18Rutherford, ‘In Their Own Words — The Battle of Tempe Gorge’ (online)
19German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
20Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 127
21Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 118
22German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
23Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
24Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 127
25McClymont, To Greece, p. 324
26McClymont, To Greece, p. 324
27Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
28German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
29German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
30German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
31Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 138
32Wood, A Battle to Win, pp. 127–8
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 211
34Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 135
35Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
36Murphy, New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 62
37Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
38German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
39German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
40Murphy, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, p. 62
41Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 155
42McClymont, To Greece, p. 327
43Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 130
44Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3042/6692
45Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 69
46Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 143
4716 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
48Note: Major Paul Cullen was born Paul Cohen. AWM52 2/2 Inf Bn 8/3/2
4916 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
50German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
51German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
52Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 115
532/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/2)
5416 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
5516 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
5616 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
57Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 115
58Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 117
59Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 116
60Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 116
6116 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
62German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
632/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/2)
642/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/2)
65McClymont, To Greece, p. 335
66German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
67German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
68German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
6916 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
702/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/2)
71Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 211
72Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3179/6692
73Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 119
74German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
Chapter Eight: Athens and Escape
1Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 329
2Henderson, 22 Battalion, p. 31
3Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 329
4Dawson, 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment, p. 106
5Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 387
6Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 122
7Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 344
816 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
9McClymont, To Greece, p. 337
10McClymont, To Greece, p. 338
1116 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
12Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 10
13McClymont, To Greece, p. 339
142/3rd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/3)
15Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 120
16Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3176/6692
17Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3167/6692
1816 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
19Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 345
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 211
21Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 156
22Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1933–1942, p. 156
23Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3191/6692
24Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, pp. 120–1
25Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 121
26Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 25
27Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 25
28German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
29Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 121
30German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
31German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
32German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
33German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
34German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
35Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 121
36German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
37Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 348
38Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 366
39Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 379
40Grehan and Mace, Operations in North Africa and the Middle East, 1628/7540
41German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
42German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
43Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 211
44German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
45Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 212
46German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
47German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
48German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
49Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 72
50Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 73
51Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 131
52Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 73
53Carr, The Defence and Fall of Greece, 5244/5813
54Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 86
55Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 452
56Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 463
57Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 477
582/3nd Australian Infantry Battalion (AWM52, 8/3/3)
59Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 479
60Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 489
61Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 499
62Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 500
6316 Infantry Brigade (AWM52, 8/2/16)
64Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, pp. 185–6
65Long, Greece, Crete and Syria, p. 186
66Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3249/6692
67Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 212
68Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 212
69Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 212
70Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 213
71Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 589
72Mitcham and Mueller, Hitler’s Commanders, p. 175
73Mitcham, Panzer Legions, 1093/5468
74Williamson, German Mountain & Ski Troops, 633/1186
75Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 5561/6692
76Cody, 21 Battalion, p. 69
772/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian War Memorial
782/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian War Memorial
79Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 3
80Wood, A Battle to Win, p. 109
81Ewer, Forgotten Anzacs, 3303/6692
82Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 365
83Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 354
84Stockings, ‘The Fairy Tale of the Panzers in Greece, April 1941’, p. 22
85Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 298
86Documents Relating to New Zealand’s Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II, p. 17
87Stockings, ‘The Fairy Tale of the Panzers in Greece, April 1941’, p. 21
88German Army Documents on the Campaign in Greece (AWM54, 534/2/27)
89Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 211
90Wards, Panzer Attack in Greece, p. 8
91Stockings and Hancock, Swastika Over the Acropolis, p. 594
92The German invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia (AWM54, 624/7/2)
93Translation of Taped Conversations with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, pp. 49–50
Chapter Nine: Case Blue
1Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 219
2Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 50
3Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 223
4Zabecki, ‘Hermann Balck — Germany’s Forgotten Panzer Commander’, p. 78
5Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 236
6Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 225
7Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 227
8Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 228
9Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 228
10Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 229
11Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 230
12Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 227
13Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 36
14Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 36
15Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 36
16Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 231
17Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 231
18Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 246
19Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 246
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 247
21Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, pp. 39–40
22Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 327
23Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 133
24Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 126
25Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, pp. 126–8
26Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 117
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 248
28Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 248
29Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 248
30Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 248
31Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 249
32Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 138
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 250
34Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 131
35Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 133
36Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 136
37Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 132
38Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 138
39Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 250
40Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 251
41Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 250
42Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 250–1
43Forczyk, Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941–1942, 5253/7229
44Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 143
45Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 138
46Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 149
47Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 149
48Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 149
49Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, pp. 149–51
50Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 152
51Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 153
52Glantz and House, To the Gates of Stalingrad, p. 136
53Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 141
54Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 252
55Small Unit Actions during the German Campaign in Russia, pp. 122–3
56Anderson, The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume II, p. 75
57Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 252
58Ganz, The 11th ‘Gespenster’ Panzer Division, p. 108
59Ganz, The 11th ‘Gespenster’ Panzer Division, p. 112
60Ganz, The 11th ‘Gespenster’ Panzer Division, p. 112
61Ganz, The 11th ‘Gespenster’ Panzer Division, p. 113
62Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 253
63Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 253
64Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 253
65Ganz, The 11th ‘Gespenster’ Panzer Division, p. 113
66Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 254
67Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 254
68Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 255
69Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 256
70Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 256
71Small Unit Actions during the German Campaign in Russia, p. 113
72Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 256–7
73Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 258
74Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 257–8
75Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 172
76Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, 9640/9644
77Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 174
78Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 176
79Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 261
80Armored Warfare in World War II: Conference Featuring F.W. Von Mellenthin, May 10, 1979, p. 75
81Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 263
Chapter Ten: The Chir River Battles
1Armored Warfare in World War II: Conference Featuring F.W. Von Mellenthin, May 10, 1979, p. 77
2Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 41
3Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 47
4Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 47
5Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 46
6Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, pp. 283–4
7Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 615
8Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 51
9Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, p. 19
10Armored Warfare in World War II: Conference Featuring F.W. Von Mellenthin, May 10, 1979, p. 77
11Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 52
12Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 53
13Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 54
14Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 267
15Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 53
16Scott, ‘The Battle for Sowchos 79’, p. 58
17Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 265
18Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 264
19Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 55
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 265
21Glant and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 56
22Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, pp. 28–9
23Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 284
24Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 265–6
25Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 58
26Lieutenant General Markian Popov is often confused with Major General Aleksei Popov (commander of the 11th Tank Corps).
27Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 272
28Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 62
29Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, pp. 62–3
30Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 63
31Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 174
32Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, p. 32
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 269
34Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 289
35Liedtke, Enduring the Whirlwind, 7302/9543
36Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 269
37Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 68
38Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 174
39Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 270
40Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 69
41Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 77
42Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 269
43Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 269-70
44Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 264
45Carlson, ‘Portrait of a German General Staff Officer’, p. 76
46Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 293
47Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 294
48Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 295
49Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 74
50Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, 10032/10037
51Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 182
52Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 176
53Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 247
54Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 248
55Armored Warfare in World War II: Conference Featuring F.W. Von Mellenthin, May 10, 1979, p. 81
56Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 270
57Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, p. 47
58Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 271
59Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, pp. 47–8
60Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, p. 48
61Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 271–2
62Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
63Mellenthin, German Generals of World War II, p. 204
64Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 253
65Glantz, Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 398
66Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 252
67Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 69
68Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 253
69Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 255
70Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 272
71Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 272
72Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck 13 April 1979, p. 16
73Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 272
74Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 178
75Showalter, Hitler’s Panzers, p. 215
76Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, pp. 256–8
77Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, pp. 271–2
78Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, pp. 271–2
79Liedtke, Enduring the Whirlwind, 7313/9543
Chapter Eleven: Disaster at Stalingrad
1Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 273
2Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 182
3Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 273
4Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 273
5Walters, Order Out Of Chaos, p. 56
6Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 274
7Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
8Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 274
9Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, 10056/10062
10Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, 10063/10068
11Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 275
12Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 275
13Zhukov, Marshal of Victory, 10075/10078
14Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 284
15Glantz and House, Endgame at Stalingrad, p. 285
16Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 279
17Glantz, When Titans Clashed, pp. 185-6
18Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 188
19Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 278
20Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 279
21Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 288
22Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 288
23Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 289
24Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 289
25Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
26Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 280
28Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
29Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 179
30Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 281
31Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 282
32Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 185
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 283
34Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
35Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 30
36Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 292
37Balck, Order in Chaos, 293
38Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, pp. 28–9
39Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 29
40Jentz, Panzertruppen: 1943–1945, p. 29
41Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 293
Epilogue
1Dyson, Weapons and Hope, p. 156
2Zabecki, ‘Hermann Balck — Germany’s Forgotten Panzer Commander’, p. 80
3Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 312
4Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 312
5Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 314
6Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 258
7Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 259
8McCarthy and Syron, Panzerkrieg, 3938/7755
9Glantz, When Titans Clashed, p. 227
10Raus, Panzer Operations, 5364/5367
11Raus, Panzer Operations, 5386/5391
12Raus, Panzer Operations, 5451/5455
13Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 325
14Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 326
15Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 80
16Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 16
17Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 433
18Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 42
19Translation of Taped Conversation with Lieutenant General Heinz Gaedcke, 12 April 1979, p. 29
20Translation of Taped Conversations with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 21
21Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 11
22Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 12 January 1979, p. 58
23Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck 13 April 1979, p. 26
24Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 17
25Translation of Taped Conversation with General Hermann Balck, 13 April 1979, p. 20
26Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, pp. 18–19
27Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 396
28Zabecki and Biedekarken, ‘Preface’, in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. x
29Osborn, ‘Greek Tragedy’, p. 87
30Mazower, Inside Hitler’s Greece, p. xii
31Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 369
32Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 360
33Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 360
34Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 361
35Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 436
36Zabecki and Biedekarken, ‘Preface’, in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. xi
37Smelser and Davies, The Myth of the Eastern Front, p. 122
38Showalter, Hitler’s Panzers, p. 373
39Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 2
40Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 1
41Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 10
42Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 25
43Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 31
44Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, pp. 31–2
45Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 33
46Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 39
47Generals Balck and Von Mellenthin on Tactics, p. 39
48Gole, General William E. DePuy, 3629/4758
49Zabecki and Biedekarken, ‘Preface’, in Balck, Order in Chaos, p. xi
50Guderian, Panzer Leader, p. 449
51Manstein, Lost Victories, p. 284
52Mellenthin, Panzer Battles, p. 348
53Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 327
54Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 359
55Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 432
56Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 448
57Balck, Order in Chaos, pp. 291–2
58Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 292
59Balck, Order in Chaos, p. 374