Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Scheduled for 22 March.

https://www.amazon.com/Air-Battles-B...s%2C201&sr=1-8

Usual disclaimer,
Ed

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Great author! I have read this book and read nearly all his Russian articles on warspot.ru.

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

details at Ed's link state 170 pages only - the hardback edition released in 2018 was 448 pages

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Helion also published the hardcover edition. It's an outstanding scholarly production, but I would be inclined to think its audience would be comparatively limited, perhaps too limited to warrant a heavily truncated paperback edition? Just a thought.

L. deZ.

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

https://www.helion.co.uk/military-hi...tic-region.php


From the publisher's website. Paperback listed at 448 pp.

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Yep, I guess the Amazon version is a typo.

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

I have heard from a very credible source that Timin is a very biased author who basically supports Stalinist interpretations...

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Jukka -

I read the book cover-to-cover and only found a few place that would support your opinion, and in each case Timin was quoting another person or article. His reproduction of data from wartime documents seemed unbiased and accurate to me.

I, too, was told the same thing you were told, but I gathered it was in reference to opinions expressed in a few magazine articles, his spoken words during TV interviews and on computer Blogs.

L. deZ.

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Larry, the source was (and is) a well-known Finnish aothority on Soviet aviation himself. His comment directly translated:"Timin's style is however old-school (if not even 'Stalinist') in that he does not explain why and how the Red Air Force even entered the Baltics and the Winter War Iis barely mentioned (in which most the discussed units did participate in from the bases in the Baltics!) in passim. "

Re: Air Battles in the Baltic 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region
 

Jukka,


Your quote raises an obvious question: Why not find out? I have this feeling based on zero evidence that experts/specialists rarely communicate with authors with new books in preparation. After the book is published then the criticisms appear. Is this accurate?