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Moeller Abschrift.Model, Strategie der Defensive (W. Goerlitz). This is a more plausible account thanthat more often offered, with Model, panic-stricken, dropping his personal belongingfrom his suitcase on the steps of the Hotel Tafelberg, later used as a British dressingstation. Model had maintained his composure often in far worse situations on theRussian Front. As John Waddy of 156 PARA later treated for wounds in the hotelrelated to the author, 'There were and are no steps in front of the hotel.' Moresignificantly, no maps or signs of its previous military use by the Germans were foundon occupation by the British. Model's staff, as ever, were thorough.Enthammer, interview 15 Jun 87.Trapp, interview 17 Sep 87.H. Bernhard, 1945. Die Entscheidungsschlacht am Nieder Rbein, p 14.

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Krafft report.Moeller Abschrift.Kriegstagebuch Korps Feldt und Stab Gen Kdo LXXXVIII A.K. 17.9.44.Fullriede diary 17.9.44.Kriegstagebuch Stab Gen Kdo LXXXVIII A.K. 1925 hrs 17.9.44Krafft report.'Die Schlacht von Arnheim aus der Sicht der Luftnachrichten — Truppe', DerFreiwillige Jun 75.8. P. Mueller Abschrift: 'Arnheim'.9. Div Ia 9SS Pz. Div. Interview: 16 Sep 87.10. Ziegler, interview 23 Nov 89.11. Dombrowski, interview 23 Oct 87.12. See Note 13, Chapter V.13. Based on Model, Strategie der Defensive (Walter Goerlitz), pp 8-9.14. H. Fuerbringer, pp 425-426. A reconstructed operational order is given at Appendix

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Volz, Fallschirmjäger Regiment von Hoffmann. Von der Heydte account.H. Damaske, 'Die Kampf in Belgien und Sued Holland Sept 44. Schacht, Die Kaempfe der Gruppe 'Walther' vom 13.9.44 bis zum 12.10.44 in SuedHolland. Bericht: 'Kaempfhandlungen Sep - Oct 1944 Holland - Belgien'.Kriegstagebuch Stab Gen Kdo LXXXVIII Corps 18.9.44.Von der Heydte account.Kriegstagebuch Stab Gen Kdo LXXXVIII Corps 0852 18.9.44. Ibid 1318 hrs. 18.9.44.

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1. Trapp, interview 17 Sep 87.2. Moeller Abschrift.3. Dombrowski, interview 23 Oct 87.4. Lt James Flavell, interview Staff College tour of Arnhem, May 1987.

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