http://www.bergstrombooks.elknet.pl/bc-rs/index.htm The Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front in close detail, with the perspectives of both sides. It is based on a close study of German and Russian archive material, as well as interviews with a large number of the aviators who participated in this air war. The Black Cross/Red Star series was started in 2000 by Christer Bergström and Andrey Mikhailov, who made the two first volumes. Christer Bergström continues the series and has written Volume 3 in cooperation with the team of Andrey Dikov and Vlad Antipov. Illustrations by Claes Sundin. Volume 3 of Black Cross/Red Star has the subtitle Everything for Stalingrad. It covers the German summer offensive from June 28, 1942; the subsequent fierce air battles over Voronezh, Rostov and the Caucasus; the Luftwaffe's onslaught on Convoy PQ-17; the hard air war over the Central and Northern combat zones, when the Soviets launched their relief offensives in the summer and fall of 1942; and, mainly, the huge Air Battle over Stalingrad. These are the chapters: FOREWORD by Generalleutnant a.D. Günther Rall, Luftwaffe FOREWORD by Starshina Vasiliy Vasil'yevich Kurayev, VVS PART I: OPERATION BLUE Chapter 1: The Luftwaffe and the VVS After Twelve Months of War Chapter 2: The Build-Up Chapter 3: Air Battle Over Voronezh Chapter 4: The Race to the South Chapter 5: Air Combat Over the Don Chapter 6: Caucasus - Against the Wall PART II: THE WAR OF ATTRITION Chapter 7: The Long, Hot Polar Summer Chapter 8: Turning Point in the Leningrad Sector Chapter 9: "All Hell is Loose in the Air:" The Central Combat Zone in the Summer of 1942 PART III: Air Battle Over Stalingrad--The First Round Chapter 10: "Everything for Stalingrad!" Chapter 11: "Throw In All Your Airpower to the Aid of Stalingrad!" Chapter 12: Aces Over Stalingrad PART IV: On the Top of the Hill Chapter 13: VVS Routed Chapter 14: Woman Fighter Pilots Into Action Chapter 15: Over the High Mountains Chapter 16: The Last PQ Convoy Battle Part V: The Luftwaffe's Last Triumph Chapter 17: In the Skies Over Leningrad and Rzhev Chapter 18: Stuka Autumn Over Stalingrad Part VI: Conclusions Chapter 19: Triumph and Decline Appendices Appendix I: Luftwaffe Order of Battle in the Southern Combat Zone ahead of Operation Blue Appendix II: VVS Order of Battle in the Southern Combat Zone, June 28, 1942 Appendix III: Luftflotte 4 Order of Battle, August 20, 1942 Appendix IV: Order of Battle for 8 VA and 102 IAD/PVO in Early September 1942 Appendix V: Luftwaffe Units Monthly Aircraft Losses in Combat on the Eastern Front July through November 1942 Appendix VI: The Structure of the Luftwaffe Appendix VII: The structure of the Soviet Air Forces in 1942 Appendix VIII: Rank Equivalency Appendix IX: The Highest Military Awards Chapter Notes Glossary Sources
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