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Old 27th November 2020, 16:08
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Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga, 1943

This interesting book will be available in Mar 2021 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...KL5A1OLE&psc=1


Germany was never able to match the power of the Allied air forces with their great four-engine bombers, the Lancasters, Liberators and Flying Fortresses. Indeed, many have ascribed the defeat of Germany in the Second World to its lack of a strategic bombing force. There were, though, two occasions when the Luftwaffe's twin-engine bombers undertook strategic objectives on a large scale. The first of these was the 'Blitz' of 1940-1941, in which the Luftwaffe attempted to wreck Britain's industrial and military capacity. The second was on the eve of Operation _Zitadelle_, a major offensive against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient Hitler's objective was to replicate the successful Allied mass-bombing of German cities, the Luftwaffe being tasked with destroying the main tank and aircraft production facilities and fuel depots. Hitler saw this as the necessary prelude to weaken the Russians before the 'decisive' onslaught of _Zitadelle_. The aerial operation, _Carmen II_, lasted for a month and covered a huge target area from the Rybinsk reservoir to the Caspian Sea. For these complex and risky night missions, all the Ju-88 and ??-111 bombers available to Hitler in the East were employed.. The authors have collected a huge amount of factual material, reconstructing all the details of this little-known campaign, which was the largest operation Luftwaffe on the Eastern front. This book opens a completely new page in the history of the German air war and provides a comprehensive investigation into the nature of the targets attacked, the degree of damage suffered by the Soviet military machine, and how this affected Operation _Zitadelle_. The descriptions of the dangerous missions carried out by Luftwaffe as part of this operation are presented in great detail and all these exclusive facts are complemented by a large number of unique photos and documents.
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Old 28th November 2020, 03:19
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Re: Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga, 1943

Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga, 1943
(Air World, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books - 30 March 2021)
by Dmitry Degtev and Dmitry Zubov
248 pages w/ 80 b&w photos - hardcover
£25.00
$42.95

About the Authors
The author of twenty-nine books, Dmitry Degtev is one of the leading Russian researchers of the history of the Second World War, having studied the air battles of the Second World War and the history of the Luftwaffe for more than twenty years. He currently lectures at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.

Dmitry Zubov is the author of twenty-two books on military history. He prefers to analyze the psychological causes of historical events, complementing the narrative of his regular co-author - Dmitry Degtev. A professional psychologist, Dmitry is an Associate Professor who lectures on psychology at the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.

https://penandswordbooks.com/subject...ern-front.html

The Luftwaffe's Secret WWII Missions
(Air World, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books - 26 November 2020)
By Dmitry Degtev and Dmitry Zubov
264 pages w/ 86 b&w photos - hardback

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-...rdback/p/17968

Air Battle for Moscow 1941–1942
(Air World, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books - 30 January 2021)
by Dmitry Degtev and Dmitry Zubov
256 pages w/ 40 b&w photos

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Air-...rdback/p/17989

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Re: Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga, 1943

can't rule out the possibility that it is the translated version from one of their (Дмитрий Дегтев and Дмитрий Зубов) previous works(in Russian)


Тень люфтваффе над Поволжьем. Налеты немецкой авиации на советские промышленные центры. 1942-1943

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Re: Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga, 1943

I got this book to read on Kindle because of the cost. This book is a really great read and I have gotten only to Chapter 3. The author’s style is giving the story from the German side and the Russian side. I usually do not read about German bomber raids because there is no description of the results on the other end. This author doesn’t hold back of his criticism of the Soviet command and its rear command control. The personal stories from both sides give it a very interesting way of bringing the story to life, from the German bomber personnel to the Russian female antiaircraft gunner.
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I just finished this book and it was very informative on the German bomber raids against Gorky and other industrial targets around Moscow in June 1943. The author details every raid both from the German bombers in the air and the experiences of the Russians on the ground in the target areas. He doesn’t hold back on his criticism of Stalin’s military and civilian industrial structure. The Russian night fighters did a miserable job in defending these targets from German bomber attacks. He describes the attacks on the bombers and the few successes that they achieved. German evaders episodes are described and interrogations of German POWs. The German mine warfare on the Volga River to the Caspian Sea is also covered. The myth of Russian tank factories destroyed during the raids is also examined. It has plenty of pictures of the destruction inflicted on the Russian factories. Still the damage is analyzed from the the raids on the Russian war production. Still I found small mistakes like on occasions of comparisons of side by side Moscow and Berlin times, he has two hour time differences having not taken into account the Summertime change of Berlin time, thus reducing it to one hour difference. He also has a translator that listed Shturmovik as “storm trooper”, it would have been better as assault aircraft or just Shturmovik. My eyes started glazing over with the last chapters concerning Herman Goring and his effect on the Luftwaffe and his command of it. Still a very readable book, despite kindle’s cramming words together.
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