Research Catalog

Title

Stalingrad : the air battle : 1942 through January 1943 / Christer Bergström.

Author

Bergström, Christer, 1958-

Publication

Hinckley : Midland, c2007.

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Details

Description

144 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports.; 31 cm.

Summary

Stalingrad: The Air Battle gives an overview of the air war during the campaigns from early 1942 which led to the battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad: The Air Battle describes the strategy and tactics and also gives an analysis of the "air related" reasons to the great Soviet victory at Stalingrad in the winter of 1942/1943.

Subjects

• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, German
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Russia (Federation)
• World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, Soviet
• Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The first air bridges -- The air war over the eastern front in early 1942 -- The German offensive plan -- The battle for the Kerch Peninsula -- The Kharkov cauldron -- The battle of Sevastopol -- Izyum : the final preparations -- The big summer offensive -- The battle of the Don Bend -- The offensive into the Caucasus -- The drive towards Stalingrad -- The indefatigable city -- Into the fog -- Improvising an airlift -- Winter storm and Little Saturn -- Air operations during the Caucasus retreat -- Soviet victory in the air over Stalingrad -- The air battle over Stalingrad : a critical review.

ISBN

• 9781857802764
• 1857802764

OCLC

• 190966713
• SCSB-11635385

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library