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NOTES
Interviews and other source material, cited in the footnotes by· letter
symbols (e.g. M31), are listed below. The interviews and excerpts from
official records are deposited in the Historical Section, Headquarters European
Theater of Operations.
CHAPTER I-THE SITUATION
1 This information is from the European Theater of Operations Historical
File of interviews with high-rankiD..$ German commanders. It comes
from interviews with Colond General Jodi and Field Marshal Keitd· and
is connrmed by all subordinate commanders interviewed.
2 The entire chapter, except as indicated in the note just above, is based
on After Action Report, VIII Corps, December 1944.
CHAPTER 2-THE CONCENTRATION ON BASTOGNB
1A'From the file on the conversations of Lieutenant General W. B.
Smith, Chief of Staff of SHAEF and Major General Harold R. Bull with
historians on September 20, 1945.
1B S71, December 16, 1944.
2M41 and S64. Orders to pass initial point were as of 171215 December
but the actual passing was at 1320.
8 AB21, Narrative, page 1; M32; records XVIII Corps. The time of
0800 in the Kinnard interview is an obvious error for 2000.
'M46.
II This is the essence of the summary given in the 12th Army GroUp
After Action Report for December 1944, Paragraph 13.
'S64,M41.
fA M32. Information from Colonels Moore and Kinnara, records XVIII
Airbome Corps. .
7B Information from Colonels Moore and Kinnard, records XVIII AirbomeCOrps.
8 M32; IIA M32; aB S72, S74; 10 M32; 11 M32, AB21; 12 M32, AB21.
Records XVIII Airbome Corps, information from Colonels Moore and
Kinnard. M32, in error, gives General McAuliffe's objective as Bastogne.
AB21 correctly explains the situation as it is described here. The facts
concerning traffic in M32 agree with the known situation of AB21.
18 S64, M41; l'S64, M41; u M42; 18 Historian's observation; 17A M42;
17B S73; 18 M33.
111 S62; AB4, Narrative, page 1; ABI. In the Strength Report for December
18, 1944, the Effective Strength of the lOIst Division is listed as
805 officers and 11,035 enlisted men, a total of 11,840. The exact number
who moved forward is not known as this total includes those not yet retumed
from pass and those who remained in Mourmelon to maintain the
base camp.
20 S62, AB4. G-4's estimate of 2000 as the departure time is supported
by the 327th After Action Report.
21 M32; III M31.
lilA M32, and information from Colonels Moore and Kinnard.
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