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The German official sources used in the preparation of this study included the war diaries (Kriegstagebuecher) of the Commander-in-Chief and Armed Forces Commander, Southeast; of Army Groups E and F; of the territorial commanders (Militaerbefehlshaber) in Serbia and southern Greece, and such selected corps and division diaries as were available. In addition to these, reference was made to those portions of the war diaries of the Armed Forces High Command and Armed Forces Operations Staff (Wehrmachtfuehrungsstab), and such Hitler Directives (Fuehrerweisungen) as applied to the southeastern theater.

Other official sources such as résumés of the conferences of senior commanders and staffs included in the headquarters files, summaries of operations such as "The Great Withdrawal in the Southeast" (Die Grosse Absetzbewegung im Suedosten), and various activity reports supplemented the chronological record of events presented in the diaries.

A personal touch was added to the official record by the eyewitness accounts of General Lanz in his "Guerrilla War in the Mountains" and Colonel Gaisser in his "Guerrilla Battles in Croatia." Similar material, from a more detached viewpoint, was found in various commentaries by General der Artillerie (Lieutenant General) Walter Warlimont, Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces Operations Staff. Reference was made to unofficial German publications and non-German sources, including the accounts of former Allied liaison officers, only where necessary to fill gaps in the official records and monographs.

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