Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Any one heard of this book and its author?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Air-Wars-Ove...71931&sr=1-353

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Here are some additional details.

http://www.sampublications.com/frames/aw_in_f.htm




Usual disclaimer,
Ed

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Thanks, I will put this book into my list

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Dmitriy Khazanov - take care on this author. We here, in Russia, wait nothing good from him.

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Can you elaborate this statement? Just curious...

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Ask someone on "vif2ne" forum :)

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

It really is unfair to cast aspersions on an author (or anyone for that matter) and not qualify it with details.

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

How about those Russians who wait nothing good from Hazanov wrote their books in English to counter Hazanov´s writings...

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For those of us who aren't members of the forum you quote, would you be kind enough to provide a brief resume as to what these issues are? Forums like this thrive on the subjective and constructive opinions of its membership and I for one, as somebody looking to increase his knowledge of the Eastern Front airwar, would be interested to learn more...

Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

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I have several of Dmitriy Khazanov's books (in Russian) which has some good material on the fate of some German aircraft and information on some VVS losses. If your looking for someone to give an impartial narrative of the events he doesn't provide it. He co-authored a book in 2003 with Vitaliy Gorbach called "Aviatsiya V Bitve Nad Orlovcko-Kurskoy Dugoy" which has some great tables on the VVS losses (only partial). It was about the defensive period of Kursk. He sometimes provides information (stories) from the Soviet news releases at the time but doesn't follow up with what is known now on the same subject. I remember that he trashed Erich Hartmann's claims a few years back and Erik Mombeeck wrote a response. Khazanov's information on some of the claims that he presented didn't match some of Hartmann's claims (dates and locations). He lists some of Prien's books as his sources but only to prove his point for a Soviet pilot. I've found only one time that he's taken a real interest in a German pilot and that was Hans Strelow of JG51 in March 1942 (which was postive) for a few paragraphs. If there is something more that the Russian forum has it would be interesting to know.

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

An earlier thread I've started deals with Khazanov's personal view on Hartmann's victory tally:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...light=khazanov

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Many thanks Nokose & Dénes, appreciate the feedback & links...

Cheers
Peter D Evans
LEMB Administrator

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

Friends:

In forthcoming book will be nothing more or new comparing with Vitaly Gorbatch's book. Its just another "cutting a greens from tree" of Khazanov, as was his previous book on air war over Kursk, published in Japan.

BTW got interesting news from Vitaly: next field of research and a subject of book will be air battle over Dnieper, autumn 1943.

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Evgeny, That is great news about his next book. Russian text or is he expanding into English(I hope!).

So do you think this is just a re-write on his book with Gorbach on the defensive period?

Also my mistake on thinking it was Erik Mombeeck who wrote that reply when it was Hans Ring.

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Actually I hope the criticism provides some encouragement for the russian authors to come forth from their "self-imposed isolation" and translate their works into English. I am very much interested in any serious book on the Eastern Front air war, much more so than the umpteenth book on the US bomber campaign or the Defense of the Reich. ;)

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Gents: if You want a good book about Citadelle, try to contact with Vitaly and translate his book :) His problem is his very bad english.

About Khazanov (sorry, but after last his "fails" I just cant be silent), I will quote myself posted on LEMB:

Re: Forthcoming:Air Wars Over Kursk: Turning Point in the East
 

From the same series:

http://www.sampublications.com/frames/aw_in_f.htm

I found this one more interesting

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Hello
as one who doesn’t have a copy of Khazanov’s & Gorbach’s book but interested in the Battle of Kursk and who didn’t have read new books on airwar of that battle during past couple decades I bought Khazanov’s book. Having read first 45 pages, ie the defensive phase of the fighting on the northern salient of the Kursk bulge, I’d say not bad. There is some annoying typos and the English is in places a bit awkward and many photos are seen before but there are also many photos new to me, some of them quite interesting, Khazanov also mentioned the effects of battles in Mediterranean TO to the LW in the East and mentioned, only very briefly but anyway, the effect of partisan and ADD attacks to LW supply situation. One gets info on forces used, how they were used, the losses and the intensity of the battle.

Juha