Stalingrad Airlift 1942–43 : The Luftwaffe's broken promise to Sixth Army (Paperback)

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