Page Up for Christer Bergström's Revised Edtion of Vol. 3 "Black Cross Red Star"

[Edward]

Black Cross / Red Star: Air War over the Eastern Front Volume 3: Stalingrad – The Air Battle. June-November 1942
(Vaktel Förlag -forthcoming 2024)
By Christer Bergstrom. Color profiles by Jim Laurier
384 pages w/ 300+ b&w photos, maps, color profiles and appendices - hardcover, large format

€79
£68
$85 US
$130 AU
$116 CA

Crowdfunding - $120 US for a personally signed & numbered copy.

Shipping world-wide: For customers outside of Sweden: Order at vaktelforlag@gmail.com

"Black Cross / Red Star, Volume 3 covers the air war along the entire Eastern Front during the period June-November 1942 in great detail, with a balance between German and Soviet archive sources etc, and with many first-hand accounts. This edition contains more than twice the word count of the old, 2006 edition, and with a vast amount of new facts based on fresh research.

The author has studied the air war over the Eastern Front for several decades. This work is based on primary sources from both sides and interviews conducted by the author with a large number of veterans from both sides."

Full details, cover art & text excerpt
https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/blac...november-1942/

[Edward]

Chapters
Chapter 1: The Harsh Enemy
Chapter 2: Fire over Sevastopol
Chapter 3: Air Battle over the Donets
Chapter 4: The Enemies
Chapter 5: The Build-Up
Chapter 6: Air Battle over Voronezh
Chapter 7: The Turn to the South
Chapter 8: Over the Lower Don, Into the Caucasus
Chapter 9: Sacrifice for Stalingrad
Chapter 10: Luftwaffenkommando Ost
Chapter 11: The Calm is Broken at Leningrad
Chapter 12: “I beg to report the destruction of Convoy PQ-17”
Chapter 13: Wearing Down the VVS
Chapter 14: Aces Over Stalingrad
Chapter 15: The Soviets Take the Initiative
Chapter 16: Lost Opportunities
Chapter 17: The Dominance of the Stukas
Chapter 18: Triumph and Decline
Chapter 19: Zenith

* Foreword by
Generalleutnant A.D. Günther Rall, Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot and Starshina Vasiliy Vasilyevich Kurayev, Soviet Gunner & Radio Operator
* Appendices
* Maps
* Aircraft color profiles by Jim Laurier

[Marc BENOIT]

Very good news, I certainly will buy it !
Is volume 2 (new ed) still available ? I can't find one..
Has someone an idea ?
Thanks in advance and best regards
Marc

[Edward]

Hello Marc,

The revised edition of volume 2 is available at the Vaktel website.

Aberdeen Bookstore (Sheridan, Colorado USA) also offers copies through their website and ebay.

https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/blac...1941-may-1942/

https://www.aberdeenbookstore.com/bo...1941--may-1942

[Marc BENOIT]

thanks a lot Edward !

[Edward]

Christer Bergström provided an update on volume 3 today.

He is planning on three future Black Cross Red Star volumes (6, 7 & 8) covering the air war from August 1943 - May 1945.

"Hello, dear friends and supporters,

Good news for everyone: The brand new edition of Black Cross Red Star, Vol. 3 is soon completed and will be ready for delivery next month.

https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/blac...november-1942/

This is nothing like the old, 2006 edition: It is a completely new book, with a 250 % larger wordcount, many, many new and previously unpublished photographs from the pilot veterans’ private photo albums, and, above all, an immense wealth of previously never published and hitherto completely unknown, quite dramatic facts directly from primary sources – of course from the official archives in both Germany and Russia, but also from many private holdings, such as veterans’ organizations’ collections of primary documents, etc.

I am completely depending on pre-orders and, not least, any crowdfunder that I can get, to make this project come true.

I know that the economic situation in the world has made it difficult for people to support this project, and the old generation which is most interested in this subject is slowly fading away. I have asked for pre-orders and crowdfundings, and I am most grateful to those of you who have pre-ordered or even crowdfunded this volume.

After Volume 3, I will immediately start working on Volume 6, which will cover the air war on the Eastern Front during the period August 1943 – February 1944. I have a wealth of very interesting information from that period, and I am just “dying” to put it in print.

Would you like to support the new Black Cross Red Star, Vol. 3 with a crowdfunding of USD$ 120? That will help to maintain the high graphic quality of the continued book series, the photos, etc. All crowdfunders will receive a signed and individually numbered copy.

Or would you like to pre-order a copy at the ordinary price USD$ 85?

If so, please email me at vaktelforlag@gmail.com

…and please transfer the payment to my Paypal account:
vaktelforlag@gmail.com

Please select the alternative "To family and friends" to avoid the Paypal fee of 6 %, or add 6 % for Paypal fees.

I also need your postal address and phone number.

As for the postage for sending the book, I will return on that issue once the book has been sent to the printer (it takes about four weeks for the books to be printed and delivered to me).

Looking ahead at the future, I feel that the completion of the whole series, Volumes 1 – 8 after the year 2019, is looming ahead. So what shall I do after that? Any suggestions is welcome. I do think of maybe writing a full-blown chronicle in several volumes on JG 52, with as much information about its opponents in the air as I use to write.

Please don’t hesitate to forward this email to anyone you might think might be interested."

All the best and many thanks in advance,

Christer Bergström
Vaktel Förlag
Strandgatan 2A
S-633 43 Eskilstuna
Sweden
vaktelforlag.se
+46 - 733 – 73 33 61
Paypal account: vaktelforlag@gmail.com