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Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front : Blitz over the Volga 1943 by Dmitry Zubov and Dmitry Degtev (2021, Hardcover)

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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.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited

ISBN-101526789892

ISBN-139781526789891

eBay Product ID (ePID)8050386413

Product Key Features

Book TitleHitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front : Blitz over the Volga 1943

Number of PagesIX, 294 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicMilitary / World War II, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Aviation

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorDmitry Zubov, Dmitry Degtev

FormatHardcover

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews...gives a valuable description of a campaign most readers in the West know little about. It provides wartime insights into the workings of the Soviet military and government bureaucracy, which were far less effective than Soviet propaganda could admit., ...offers vast new detail and a fascinating, important reappraisal of what a handful of Luftwaffe twin-engine 'Nazgul' bombers accomplished with a few nighttime raids on Soviet industrial facilities. Highly recommended.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal940.544943

SynopsisGermany 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.