tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post6917762444454336325..comments2024-01-18T00:59:52.237-08:00Comments on Christos military and intelligence corner: War Over the Steppes - The Air Campaigns on the Eastern Front 1941-45Christos T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-31370575877710859732021-04-17T14:29:15.218-07:002021-04-17T14:29:15.218-07:00Agree re: Glantz being overly credulous. (Test com...Agree re: Glantz being overly credulous. (Test comment..)Randall Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095658623024739900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-60559550907588960742017-12-09T12:18:34.283-08:002017-12-09T12:18:34.283-08:00I would give his more recent books a try starting ...I would give his more recent books a try starting at Smolensk. The map book is needed to read the text booksbcf1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12133237051104180211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-65597719654691355742017-12-08T23:07:43.217-08:002017-12-08T23:07:43.217-08:00I’m not a fan of Glantz. I’ve read ‘When Titans cl...I’m not a fan of Glantz. I’ve read ‘When Titans clashed’ and it was embarrassingly bad. He just took Soviet claims at face value without even checking if they were theoretically possible. <br /><br />In the Glantz and Erickson version of history the Red Army was the most powerful force in the known universe…<br /><br />Maybe his new books are better, I don’t know.<br />Christos T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-91226495866417297062017-12-08T19:40:45.537-08:002017-12-08T19:40:45.537-08:00Great review - and other recent stuff on the blog ...Great review - and other recent stuff on the blog is excellent too. I have read a lot on the east front and am working my way through Glantz' works. Just finished Smolensk vol 1 and it is really interesting but some things are still lacking imho ! (only 1000 odd pages in the 2 volumes plus the map vol3 and a vol 4 of reports just on Smolensk!!)<br />Principally what is lacking from Glantz works, which are the best to date means of understanding the east war, is a detailed analysis of what missions the Luftwaffe flew , where and when. This would enable us to see what the benefit of air activity was when it was received and the handicap faced where it was just not available - as on many sectors even in 1941, but especially in 1942 and on. So someone hopefully will dig all of this out of the records of the stuka and kampf geschwader records I hope before I die! There is no question that air support was vital to the germans but even Glantz has not had, evidently, the resources to get to grips with this.<br /><br />Also I read on Moscow Zetterling's book and "Moscow the Northern Flank " by Radey. What amazed me is the abjet lack of fuel early in the Typhoon campaign - eg by mid oct 1941 before mud etc. Again the role of air supply in the campaign has not been revealed to date and must have been affected by loss of ju52's in Crete in may 1941. I will get this book (on the endless list!)bcf1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12133237051104180211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-55431201631239568102017-12-07T11:22:29.014-08:002017-12-07T11:22:29.014-08:00This book is for people who have already read gene...This book is for people who have already read general histories of the Eastern Front. As you noted it focuses on the data so it is a ‘dry’ book. <br /><br />If you’re interested in the air war in the East you can also check out the books of Christer Bergström:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Christer-Bergstr%C3%B6m/e/B001HMOIQM<br />Christos T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04246906263926130737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335175720102608134.post-26030057243140940062017-12-07T06:51:55.684-08:002017-12-07T06:51:55.684-08:00Hi,
I was not completely familiar with the air war...Hi,<br />I was not completely familiar with the air war over the Eastern Front so my comment is framed from that perspective. I would not necessarily recommend it as an introductory work to the air war as its use of the most reliable statistics available tends to overshadow the story of the air wars effects. However, as I gain more knowledge of this aspect of the conflict I have no doubt I will appreciate this excellent work to a greater extent. <br />Ray Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13439741710899951711noreply@blogger.com