Black Cross, Red Star: Air War Over The Eastern Front Vol. 1 - Bergstrom - RARE
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:20346587 | Topic: 20th Century |
| Language: English | Format: Hardback |
| Subject 2: Military History | ISBN: Does not apply |
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Black Cross, Red Star - The Air War Over The Eastern Front - volume 1, Operation Barbarossa 1941 - Christer Bergstrom & Andrey Mikhailov - Pacifica Military History
RARE & OOP - SUPERB BOOK!
Extremely difficult to find book - there were three books in this series, although there were supposed to be four. Rumour has it that the authors fell out with the publishers and never released the fourth planned book. As far as I am aware, Christer Bergstrom then had the books re-hashed and re-printed by Classic Publications (who at the time had been bought out by Ian Allan Publishing) and also one volume by Jerry Crandall's Eagle Editions - so whilst the Classic Publications books (with titles such as 'Bagration To Berlin' and 'Kursk - The Air Battle') are much more common, collectors prefer this original pressing because of the greater number of photos, and greater amount of text. More importantly, this book sheds a huge amount of new light on the Air War on the Eastern Front.
Really, an essential book for fans of the Luftwaffe & the War In Russia & one which rarely appear on eBay, at least in the UK.
Here's an Amazon customer review (2001) which gives the book 5 out of 5 stars - the words are for descriptive purposes only and are not my own:
I am a fanatic on World War 2 and have read heaps on the subject. I also am quite a critic. When most people give a WW2 book 5 stars I give 4 or sometimes less. But this book is excellent and definitely deserves 5 five stars.One of the main problems with history books of this period is that there is so much written its hard to read something new. This book does. It throws light on a little known subject the air war on the Eastern Front. Although I have read much on this front, I never realised how important the Russian airforce was.
It has great photographs. I like how they are spread out though the book allowing a user to see the photographs while reading the book. using them to jump back and forwards across the lines and displaying brilliant biographies of pilots on both sides we can appreciate what they are going though.
Much of the critics of this book I have read it is not correct. The writer are certainly not saying that the Russian airforce was as good as the Germans man for man. They blame that largely and quite correctly on Stalin. Its interesting that the German aces are clearly displayed with there 200 + kills whereas the Russian aces have 13 +. What they are saying is that it was very important in the war.
The main mission of the Russian air force in this period was to stop the German armies advance and I would have liked is more study on the effect on the German army. Not that this is not covered I just would have preferred more.
I would also have preferred more technical information on the planes and in particular in production.
Another point mentioned that I will dispute was the bombing of city of Kosice. Its still disputed today, who did this particular bombing. The writer claim it was the Germans but offer no proof. Its still one of the mysteries of the war. I find it strange that no-one has come forward after the war to claim credit for this operation.
Much of the discussion on the Soviet bombing on Berlin was very interesting. As was the fanaticism of the Russian pilots. I don't know any other airforce that used ramming as standard tactics.
I am looking forward to the next volumes.
307 page hardcover published 2000
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***PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY***
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Black Cross, Red Star - The Air War Over The Eastern Front - volume 1, Operation Barbarossa 1941 - Christer Bergstrom & Andrey Mikhailov - Pacifica Military History
RARE & OOP - SUPERB BOOK!
Extremely difficult to find book - there were three books in this series, although there were supposed to be four. Rumour has it that the authors fell out with the publishers and never released the fourth planned book. As far as I am aware, Christer Bergstrom then had the books re-hashed and re-printed by Classic Publications (who at the time had been bought out by Ian Allan Publishing) and also one volume by Jerry Crandall's Eagle Editions - so whilst the Classic Publications books (with titles such as 'Bagration To Berlin' and 'Kursk - The Air Battle') are much more common, collectors prefer this original pressing because of the greater number of photos, and greater amount of text. More importantly, this book sheds a huge amount of new light on the Air War on the Eastern Front.
Really, an essential book for fans of the Luftwaffe & the War In Russia & one which rarely appear on eBay, at least in the UK.
Here's an Amazon customer review (2001) which gives the book 5 out of 5 stars - the words are for descriptive purposes only and are not my own:
I am a fanatic on World War 2 and have read heaps on the subject. I also am quite a critic. When most people give a WW2 book 5 stars I give 4 or sometimes less. But this book is excellent and definitely deserves 5 five stars.One of the main problems with history books of this period is that there is so much written its hard to read something new. This book does. It throws light on a little known subject the air war on the Eastern Front. Although I have read much on this front, I never realised how important the Russian airforce was.
It has great photographs. I like how they are spread out though the book allowing a user to see the photographs while reading the book. using them to jump back and forwards across the lines and displaying brilliant biographies of pilots on both sides we can appreciate what they are going though.
Much of the critics of this book I have read it is not correct. The writer are certainly not saying that the Russian airforce was as good as the Germans man for man. They blame that largely and quite correctly on Stalin. Its interesting that the German aces are clearly displayed with there 200 + kills whereas the Russian aces have 13 +. What they are saying is that it was very important in the war.
The main mission of the Russian air force in this period was to stop the German armies advance and I would have liked is more study on the effect on the German army. Not that this is not covered I just would have preferred more.
I would also have preferred more technical information on the planes and in particular in production.
Another point mentioned that I will dispute was the bombing of city of Kosice. Its still disputed today, who did this particular bombing. The writer claim it was the Germans but offer no proof. Its still one of the mysteries of the war. I find it strange that no-one has come forward after the war to claim credit for this operation.
Much of the discussion on the Soviet bombing on Berlin was very interesting. As was the fanaticism of the Russian pilots. I don't know any other airforce that used ramming as standard tactics.
I am looking forward to the next volumes.
307 page hardcover published 2000
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***PLEASE READ VERY CAREFULLY***
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I would prefer of you make payment within 3 days of either the auction ending, or my sending an invoice. However, if you have a problem paying, if there is a delay, then PLEASE contact me via eBay.
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