Red Wind Continues: The Soviet Offensive on the Southern Flank, November 1944-May 1945 - off topic

[edwest2]

I feel this book should be mentioned since events on the ground can be linked to air attacks and anti-aircraft positions. Scheduled for June. From the Stone & Stone site:

News from Bulgaria
21 November 2024
Kaloyan Matev, author of the well-received Red Wind over the Balkans: The Soviet Offensive South of the Danube, September-October 1944, kindly sent us the following information about contents of his upcoming Red Wind Continues: The Soviet Offensive on the Southern Flank, November 1944-May 1945:

2 - The Third Ukrainian Front redirection from Yugoslavia to Hungary
3 - The 57th Army offensive from the Drava-Danube confluence to Balaton
4 - The First Bulgarian Army formation
Including:
The order receiving and conversations with commander of the Soviet Third Ukrainian Front Assembling of new infantry division type 1944 for First Bulgarian Army
Motor vehicles of the First Bulgarian Army
The Third and Fourth Corps Headquarters assembling to First Bulgarian Army
The First Bulgarian Army concentration west from Belgrade
5 - Action on the Yugoslav territory, front of secondary importance, November - December 1944
Including - The First Bulgarian Army assault on the south bank of the Danube River during December 1944
6 - The end of the year was a time for changes
Including - The First Bulgarian Army redeployment to Hungary
7 - The Axis advance operations in the region in the first quarter of 1945
8 - The Soviet final push
Including - The First Bulgarian Army subsidiary advance on the both banks of Drava
9 - Contact with Western Allies
Including - The First Bulgarian Army contact with British Force in Austria
10 - The Soviet Armed Forces a press that crushes everything in its path
11 - German Armed Forces an exhausted but still strong opponent
12 - The First Bulgarian Army organization and armament
13 - A brief look at the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
14 - Honvédség unwilling to engage in useless combat
15 - A brief look at the Croatian Armed Forces
16 - The Soviet Danube Flotilla
17 - German Panzertruppen: conditions and actions
18 - The Soviet Armored and Mechanized Forces
19 - Armored units of the First Bulgarian Army
20 - Commanders

Usual disclaimer,
Ed

[Burdokva]

Great news!

I have "Red Wind over the Balkans", an excellent book that sheds light on what is probably the most neglected part of the Second World War, looking forward to the follow-up, as I had a great-grandfather who served in the ranks of First Bulgarian Army.

I don't know whether the name rings a bell to Western readers but Kaloyan Matev has been producing some excellent studies since his book on the Bulgarian Armored Brigade from the early 2000s (regrettably, it had an atrocious translation in English making it almost unreadable).