Myths and Legends of the Second World War (28 page)

 76 ‘… Brand Whitlock' Terraine (1980), p. 28

 76 ‘… boiling oil' Macdonald (1987), p. 208

 76 ‘… exploding cigars' Read (1941), p. 62

 76 ‘… 30 officers' Terraine (1980), p. 26

 76 ‘… soldiers' eyeballs' Haste (1977), p. 85

 77 ‘At Vise …' Read (1941), p. 91

 77 ‘Some of the …' Read (1941), p. 91

 77 ‘… Dinant' Tuchman (1962), pp. 308–9

 78 ‘… Louvain' Tuchman (1962), pp. 311–16

 78 ‘… an American diplomat' Terraine (1980), p. 29

 78 ‘… deathless epithet' Read (1941), p. 58

 78 ‘An hour before …' quoted by Terraine (1980), p. 29

 79 ‘… 5000 civilians' Read (1941), p. 103

 79 ‘… as at Nimy' MacDonald (1987), p. 136

 79 ‘The distribution …' MacDonald (1987), p. 209

 82 ‘In France …' Knightley (1982), p. 67

 82 ‘On August 25th …' Gilbert (1994), p. 42

 82 ‘She had literally …' Gilbert (1994), p. 42

 83 ‘… destroy Christianity' Haste (1977), p. 83

 83 ‘You will hear …' Haste (1977), p. 85

 83 ‘Up the main …' Corbett-Smith (1916)

 84 ‘… euthenasia'
Isle of Thanet Gazette
, 26 January 1945

 84 ‘… Grace Hume' Haste (1977), p. 84; Read (1941), pp. 37–8

 85 ‘… although The Times'
The Times
, 30 September 1914

 85 ‘In addition to …' Collins (1998), p. 185

 85 ‘In the Hands …' Collins (1998), p. 186

 85 ‘… War, Red War' Collins (1998), p. 187

 85 ‘Armageddon …' Collins (1998), p. 186

 86 ‘A Belgian writer …' Read (1941), p. 35

 86 ‘The Germans in …' Clark (1985), p. 22

 86 ‘… five American' Read (1941), p. 29

 86 ‘I was in …' Read (1941), p. 30

 87 ‘Lord Northcliffe …' Haste (1977), p. 87

 87 ‘The few photographs …' Ponsonby (1928), pp. 135–9

 87 ‘… Grunewald' Haste (1977), p. 88

 87 ‘In France …' Read (1941), p. 14

 87 ‘… Lord Bryce' Peterson (1939), p. 58; Messinger (1992), pp. 71–84

 88 ‘Even before …' Messinger (1992), p. 77

 89 ‘As I looked …' Peterson (1939), p. 55

 89 ‘We saw …' Peterson (1939), p. 56

 90 ‘Immediately after …' Peterson (1939), p. 55

 91 ‘Even in papers …' Peterson (1939), p. 58

 91 ‘Your report …' Wilson (1986), p. 183

 91 ‘A set of …'
see
Bland (1915)

 92 ‘… H.C. Peterson' Peterson (1939), p. 58

 92 ‘The public has …' Morgan (1916), pp. 61–3

 92 ‘As regards …' Morgan (1916), pp. 58–9

 93 ‘… White Book' Haste (1977), p. 95

 94 ‘… Telconia' Haste (1977), p. 39

 94 ‘… Matthias Erzberger' Erzberger (1920)

 94 ‘… U27' Gray (1994), p. 238; Halpern (1994)

 94 ‘… treated as felons' Simpson (1972), p. 40

 94 ‘… Zeppelin L19'
Guardian
, 4 April 2001

 95 ‘… Edith Cavell' Buitenhuis (1987), p. 29; Haste (1977), pp. 89–90

 95 ‘… Marguerite Schmidt' Haste (1977), p. 90; Knightley (1982), p. 66

 95 ‘The cold-blooded …' Haste (1977), p. 90

 95 ‘… Austrian trench club' Haythornthwaite (1992), p. 374

 96 ‘One Belgian …' Mead (2000), p. 19

 96 ‘… league of scientific' Haythornthwaite (1992), p. 374

 96 ‘as at Sabac' Gilbert (1994), p. 41

 96 ‘… no shortage'
see
Reiss (1916)

 96 ‘… the Holocaust' Fussell (1975), p. 316

 97 ‘Finding now …' Ponsonby (1928), p. 26

 97 ‘In 2001 …'
Guardian
, 11 May 2001

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 98 ‘… extinction-level' McDonagh (1935), p. 16;
Daily News
, 15 August 1914

 98 ‘… Michael McDonagh' McDonagh (1935), p. 16

 98 ‘Also current …' Playne (1931), pp. 255–6

 98 ‘The public …'
The Times
, 15 August 1914

 99 ‘August 31st …' Clark (1985), p. 11

 99 ‘… paid rent' Fussell (1975), p. 121

 99 ‘November 9th …' Clark (1985), p. 30

100 ‘A stranger …' Blunden (1928), p. 115

100 ‘I remember …' Coppard (1980), p. 69

101 ‘… station master' Grant (1918), p. 141

101 ‘… Belgian women' Grant (1918), p. 47

101 ‘It was during …' Grant (1918), pp. 269–74

101 ‘During four long …' Sitwell (1949), pp. 8–9

102 ‘At Fresnes …' Beaman (1920), pp. 187–8

105 ‘Any information …' Hansard, 12 May 1915

105 ‘James Caldwell …' Clark (1985), pp. 61–2

106 ‘The Los Angeles …' Trumbo (1939), p. 23

106 ‘On the 14th …' Gilbert (1994), p. 162

106 ‘Another private …' Gilbert (1994), p. 162

106 ‘… Maple Copse' Fussell (1975), p. 117

107 ‘The Canadians fought …'
Plymouth Evening Herald
, 15 May 1915

108 ‘Showing that …' Hansard, 19 May 1915

108 ‘He … told me …' Scott (1922)

109 ‘The story … began …' Charteris (1932), p. 75

109 ‘… Vera Brittain' Brittain (1933), p. 374

109 ‘Another poet …' Tippett (1984), p. 82

109 ‘In 1915 Ian …' Hay (1915), p. 199

109 ‘He told me …' Clark (1985), p. 91

110 ‘… Prussian Cur' Tippett (1984), p. 82

110 ‘A later American …' Ponsonby (1928), pp. 184–5

110 ‘… immediately protested' Tippett (1984), p. 83

110 ‘By April …' Tippett (1984), p. 84. The full statements are on record at the National Archives of Canada.

112 ‘… Harold Peat' Peat (1918), pp. 149–50

112 ‘Ernest Chambers …' Tippett (1984), p. 82

112 ‘… Major G.C. Carvell' Tippett (1984), p. 86

113 ‘In June 1920 …' Tippett (1984), p. 87

113 ‘… until 1988'
see
Ward (2001)

113 ‘by Overton'
Sunday Express
, 15 April 2001

114 ‘… problems remain' Ward (2001)

114 ‘Quite a pleasant …' Asquith (1968), p. 44

115 ‘We have known …'
The Times
, 17 April 1917

117 ‘Other correspondents …'
The Times
, 26 April 1917

117 ‘The Lancet …'
The Times
, 20 April 1917

117 ‘Elsewhere both …' Ponsonby (1928), p. 103

118 ‘The letter told …' Sanders and Taylor (1982), p. 146

118 ‘The Germans protested …'
The Times
, 23 April 1917

119 ‘Dillon: Has …' Hansard, 30 April 1917

119 ‘… while the Daily Mail' Turner (1980), pp. 186–7

119 ‘… Rudyard Kipling' Turner (1980), p. 186

119 ‘The usually …' Turner (1980), p. 187

120 ‘No reasonable …'
The Times
, 17 May 1917

121 ‘Its director …' Sanders and Taylor (1982), p. 147

121 ‘At the Foreign …' Sanders and Taylor (1982), p. 147

121 ‘While it should …' PRO file, FO 395/147

121 ‘The relevant Foreign …' PRO file, FO 395/147

121 ‘In his authoritative …' Fussell (1975), p. 116

122 ‘Worldwide …' These Eventful Years, p. 381

122 ‘In the First …' Montagu (1970), pp. 31–2

123 ‘One day there …'
New York Times
, 20 October 1925

124 ‘The New York …'
New York Times
, 20 October 1925

125 ‘On arrival in …'
The Times
, 4 November 1925

126 ‘… Phillip Knightley' Knightley (82), p. 90

126 ‘This paper makes …' Ponsonby (1928), pp. 112–13

127 ‘Kenworthy: Does the …' Hansard, 24 November 1925

127 ‘Sir Austen …' Hansard, 2 December 1925

128 ‘Of all this …' Montague (1922), pp. 92–4

129 ‘… Auschwitz' Hayward (2003), p. xii

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130 ‘Alan Clark …' Terraine (1980), p. 170

131 ‘… war poets' Sheffield (2001), p. 15

131 ‘It is not too …' Lloyd George (1936), pp. 2038–9; p. 2040

133 ‘By no means …' Neillands (1999), pp. 244–5

133 ‘Indeed on the right …' Neillands (1999), p. 249, 261

133 ‘The total weight …' Edmonds (n.d.), pp. 313–14

135 ‘… no fewer than 78' Neillands (1999), pp. 19–20

135 ‘The oft-told story …' Neillands (1999), p. 223

135 ‘It is a simple …' Griffith (1998), pp. 7–8

137 ‘By the same token …' Brooks (1998), p. 19

139 ‘… just six heavy' Griffith (1998), p. 24

139 ‘… yellow fumes' Griffith (1998), p. 25

139 ‘Far too many …' Neillands (1999), p. 238

139 ‘Even after …' Griffith (1998), p. 12

139 ‘On ordinary ground …' Griffith (1998), p. 11

140 ‘The science of …' Griffith (1998), p. 13

141 ‘In due course Elles …' Terraine (1980), pp. 179–80

141 ‘This message was …' Neillands (1997), p. 285

142 ‘I imagined the …' Swinton (1932), p. 284

142 ‘Among these short-lived …' Swinton (1932), p. 291

142 ‘Several no less …' Swinton (1932), p. 242

142 ‘Writing to his wife …' Terraine (1980), p. 148

142 ‘Jean de Pierrefeu …' Swinton (1932), p. 11

142 ‘… ADH von Zwehl …' Swinton (1932), p. 11

143 ‘The nervous strain …'
The Times
, 16 September 1976

145 ‘The Mark V …' Terraine (1980), p. 149

147 ‘There is one …' Swinton (1932), p. 248

148 ‘… factory at Enfield' Terraine (1980), p. 139

148 ‘Baker-Carr …' Terraine (1980), pp. 134–5

148 ‘Far from being …' Terraine (1980), p. 137

148 ‘According to the …' Lloyd George (1936), p. 357

149 ‘… 38.98 per cent' Terraine (1980), p. 132

149 ‘… 77mm' Sheffield (2001), p. 92

149 ‘In our brigade …' Laffin (1988), p. 192

149 ‘The result was that …' Neillands (1999), pp. 447–52

150 ‘I listened last night …' Knightley (1982), p. 93

150 ‘Censorship was imposed …' Knightley (1982), pp. 69–79

150 ‘… Eye-wash' Knightley (1982), p. 70

150 ‘By early 1915 …' Knightley (1982), p. 78

151 ‘… 1st Army HQ' Farrar (1998), p. 70

151 ‘When in 1917 …' Neillands (1999), p. 456

151 ‘… Arthur Ponsonby' Ponsonby (1928), p. 134

151 ‘The very …' Laffin (1988), p. 74

151 ‘And so …' Farrar (1998), p. 106

152 ‘The average war …' Montague (1922), pp. 97–8

153 ‘The shortages …' Farrar (1998), p. xiii

153 ‘Marshal Foch …' Brooks (1998)

153 ‘An equivalent …' Brooks (1998)

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154 ‘One such …' Turner (1980), p. 241

154 ‘… in Islington' Haste (1977), p. 129

155 ‘In the Commons …' Turner (1980), p. 241

155 ‘It Is For England …' Turner (1980), p. 241

155 ‘The news editor …' McDonagh (1935), pp. 151–2

156 Alice Wheeldon trial: Rowbotham (1986); McDonagh (1935), pp. 180–1;
The Times
, 7–12 March 1915; Turner (1980), pp. 244–5

162 Pemberton Billing trial: Hoare (1997); Kettle (1977); Turner (1980)

164 ‘You deny …' White (1917), pp. 114–15; pp. 117–18

177 ‘One can't imagine …' Asquith (1968), pp. 445–8

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180 ‘For several weeks …' Hayward (2001), pp. 37–84

181 ‘Tellingly …' Hayward (2001), p. 106

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