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Originally Posted by Juha
Hello Tony
I’d say that the situation isn’t so impossible. If you cannot lay your hand on Soviet operational studies or if you cannot read Russian, read several German memoirs of men who fought on both fronts in 43-45, after all the men in receiving end had the best knowledge on the effects of CAS. There are also a few good books on Il-2 in English and also a must is "Red star against the swastika" by Vasily B. Emelianenko, very good memoirs of an highly decorated Il-2 pilot.
Juha
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Juha,
Would you please recommend the best books on the operational use of the Il-2 (is Yefim Gordon's book more than a picture book?), and relevant German memoirs.
I have been told there are US translations of Russian analyses of the VVS on the web which should be consulted.
By the way and off subject, I was lectured at by a Finnish woman and her husband this afternoon on, "Saviours or Intruders? Operation Barbarossa, German troops and Finnish Civilians". She is Una Heiskanen from the University of Helsinki.
Tony