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USAF HISTORICAL STUDIES: NO. 155
The German Air Force Versus Russia,
1943
By
Generalleutnant Hermann Plocher
Edited by Mr. Harry R. Fletcher USAF Historical Division
With an Introduction by Telford Taylor
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3
INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
4
FOREWORD
12
AUTHOR’S FOREWORD
15
PREFACE
17
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
20
Chapter 1 — THE BEGINNING OF 1943: CRISIS BETWEEN THE DON AND DNEPR
RIVERS
21
Developments on the Eastern Front 1941-1942
21
Battles in the Don-Dnepr River Areas, January-Mid-March 1943
25
Fourth Air Fleet Operations Between the Don and the Dnepr
30
Chapter 2 — LUFTWAFFE OPERATIONS IN DEFENSE OF THE KUBAN BRIDGEHEAD
40
Chapter 3 — LUFTWAFFE COMMAND EAST IN COMBAT ZONE CENTER OF THE
EASTERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
63
Operations, January-July 1943, Prior to Operation ZITADELLE
63
Operation ZITADELLE
78
The Problem of Continued Operations in the East in 1943
78
The Plan of Attack for Operation ZITADELLE
82
Preparations for the Strongest Luftwaffe Concentration for ZITADELLE
85
The Last German Offensive in the Eastern Theater of Operations
91
Chapter 4 — THE AFTERMATH OF ZITADELLE
104
The Air Battle Over the Orel Salient
104
The Battles of Army Group Center in the Autumn and Winter of 1943-44
111
Air Operations in Combat Zone Center, Autumn-Winter 1943-44
117
Air Support During the Withdrawal Behind the Dnepr River
121

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