AIR BATTLES OVER THE BALTIC 1941: The Air War on 22 June 1941 - The Battle for Stalin's Baltic Region

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First in a series of publications dedicated to detailing the condition of the air forces of the Red Army prior to the Nazi invasion of 22 June 1941 and then offering a chronology of air battles in 1941. Includes 48pp color plates (maps & aircraft profiles), 490 b/w photos, 13 tables, 1 b/w illustration, and 1 b/w map.

Details the composition and the capabilities of the Soviet aviation alignment in the Baltic Special Military District, as well as the training of flight crews and technical personnel; the number and quality of the materiel; the condition of the logistics structures, as well as the operational and tactical plans of both Soviet and German Command; and their reconnaissance operations.

Photographs and biographies include all the commanders of the divisions, regiments and of the command headquarters of the Baltic Special Military District.

More than 300 unique photographs of Soviet and German aircraft are presented (together with those of their pilots) from the Soviet and German Archives, as well as from private collections. The camouflage, markings and insignia of aircraft that participated in the air battle are recreated, and maps illustrating the bases belonging to the two warring sides (both original and those recreated from archive documents) are presented.