To Save An Army: The Stalingrad Airlift Robert Forsyth Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

Using The Diaries Of Luftwaffe Commanders Rare Contemporary Photographs And Other Previously Unpublished Sources Robert Forsyth Analyzes Human Strategic Tactical Technical Elements One Most Dramatic Operations Arranged By Stalingrad Ranks As Infamous Savage Emotive Battles 20Th Century It Has Consumed Military Historians Since 1950S Inspired Many Books Much Debate This Book Tells Story Operation Mounted To Supply Airlift Trapped Exhausted German Sixth Army At In Winter 1942 43 Weather Conditions Faced Flying Crews Mechanics Soldiers On Ground Were Appalling But Against All Odds A Resurgent Active Soviet Air Force Transports Maintained Determined Presence Over Ravaged City Volga Even When Last Airfields Pocket Had Been Lost Yet Daily Figure 300 Tons Supplies Needed Just Subsist Proved Over-Ambitious For Which Battled Lack Transport Capacity Worsening Serviceability Increasing Losses Badly Aircraft Original Reports Specially Commissioned Artwork Gripping Battle Is Told Detail Through Eyes Pilots Who Fought Keep Alive Supplied Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0228 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm