ORIGINS The road to Stalingrad Blau and Stalingrad Operation Uranus CHRONOLOGY ATTACKER’S CAPABILITIES The Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front Doctrine, tactics, and logistics Richthofen’s 4th Air Fleet Luftwaffe fighters DEFENDER’S CAPABILITIES VVS: an air force in transition A new commander and new reforms Birth of the air armies CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVES Keystone on the Volga Soviet objectives THE CAMPAIGN The turning point on the Eastern Front November 24–30: establishing an airlift Setting up the airlift – the task The airfields and logistics, late November, 1942 Weather and flight operations VIII Air Corps in command: December 1–11 The Soviet air blockade Winter Storm (Wintergewitter), Thunderclap (Donnerschlag), and Little Saturn (Molnyy Saturn) The airlift, December 12–23 The raid on Tatsinskaya, December 24 A new year, fading hope: January 1–15, 1943 The end: January 16–February 2, 1943 Milch on the scene Milch and the airfields AFTERMATH AND ASSESSMENT FURTHER READING INDEX
The story of what really led to Germany losing the battle of Stalingrad - the inability of the Luftwaffe to keep Sixth Army supplied throughout the winter of 1942–43 - and why this crucial airlift failed.
William E. Hiestand has worked for over 30 years as a US Department of Defense analyst, focusing on military issues and serving in a wide variety of analytic, leadership and representational roles. He holds an MA in History from Cornell University, and has a lifelong interest in military history with a particular focus on 20th-century armoured and mechanized operations and Soviet military history. He lives in Virginia near Washington DC.
This is the type of book that both opens up a new line of interest
for the modeller and helps produce an informed collection of
aircraft types, and therefore is highly recommended.
*Scale Aircraft Modelling*
A fascinating book that looks at the role of the Luftwaffe in
trying to relieve the German Sixth Army as it faced encirclement by
Soviet forces during the latter stages of the Battle of
Stalingrad.
*WWII Books*
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