The last months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw a ferocious fight between two very different air forces. Soviet Air Force Commander-in-Chief Alexander Novikov assembled 7500 aircraft in three powerful air armies to support the final assault on Berlin. The Luftwaffe employed some of its most advanced weapons including the Me 262 jet and Mistel remotely-guided bomb aircraft. Using photos, 3D diagrams, maps and battlescene artwork, the author explains how Germany's use of high-tech weaponry and massed Soviet air assaults was not just the culmination of World War II air combat, but also pointed to how the future rivalry with NATO would play out. The Soviet air force used powerful and flexible air armies to control and employ its huge force of aircraft - organizational and employment concepts that would shape Soviet plans and preparations for combat during the Cold War.
.For the first time, this volume explains how air power helped win the war on the Eastern Front, and how victory shaped Soviet air power doctrine for the decades to come.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Hiestand, William E./Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)
Title
Eastern Front 1945. Triumph of the Soviet Air Force
Details
English text, paperback, battlescene artwork in colour, aerial bird\'s eye views, 3D diagrams, maps. 96 pages.
