BLACK CROSS RED STAR: AIR WAR OVER THE EASTERN FRONT

DISPONIBILE FINE NOVEMBRE 2024

NEW, UPDATED & EXPANDED 2024 EDITION

Regarded as the standard work on the air war over the Eastern Front during World War II, Christer Bergström’s unique Black Cross/Red Star series covers the history of the air war on the Eastern Front in close detail, with the perspectives of both sides. Based on a close study of German and Russian archive material, as well as interviews with a large number of the airmen who participated in this aerial conflict, it has established itself as the main source on the air war on the Eastern Front.

Black Cross/Red Star, Volume 3 covers the air war along the entire Eastern Front during the period June-November 1942 in great detail, with a balance between German and Soviet archive sources etc, and with many first-hand accounts. This edition contains more than twice the wordcount of the old, 2006 edition, and with a vast amount of new facts based on fresh research.

The author has studied the air war over the Eastern Front for several decades. This work is based on primary sources from both sides and interviews conducted by the author with a large number of veterans from both sides.

* Over 300 photographs, many from pilot veterans’ private photo albums and which have never been published before.

* Very clear maps: Most of the places mentioned in the book are on the maps.

* Aircraft color profiles by Jim Laurier.

* Photos of most of the aircraft that are listed on the inside of the dustjacket.

* Appendices.