Name: SOVIET FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II: The Aircraft, Pilots, and Battles That Defined the Soviet Union’s War in the Skies (en Inglés)
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Author: UGUCCIONI, BENJAMIN
ISBN: 9798160655208

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SOVIET FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II: The Aircraft, Pilots, and Battles That Defined the Soviet Union’s War in the Skies (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

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Independently published

Autor

UGUCCIONI, BENJAMIN

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Inglés

N° páginas

111

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9798160655208

SOVIET FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II: The Aircraft, Pilots, and Battles That Defined the Soviet Union’s War in the Skies (en Inglés)

Uguccioni, Benjamin (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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**From the devastation of 1941 to the final advance on Berlin, discover how Soviet fighter aviation rebuilt itself and helped turn the war on the Eastern Front.** When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, aircraft losses exposed weaknesses that new machines alone could not resolve. Recovery demanded factories, trained pilots, reliable maintenance, better tactics, and an organisation capable of learning under relentless pressure. **SOVIET FIGHTERS OF WORLD WAR II** follows that transformation through the aircraft, people, and campaigns that shaped it. Benjamin Uguccioni connects technical development with combat experience, explaining what each fighter could achieve—and how operating conditions influenced its effectiveness. Inside, explore: • **The prewar foundations:** Polikarpov fighters and the modernisation of Soviet fighter aviation during the 1930s. • **The catastrophe of 1941:** the challenges facing the MiG-3 and other fighters as Soviet units struggled to survive and rebuild. • **The Yakovlev family:** the development of fighters suited to the demands of battlefield operations. • **From the LaGG-3 to the La-5 and La-7:** the evolution of Lavochkin fighters and the practical importance of engines, construction, and armament. • **Allied aircraft in Soviet service:** Hurricanes, Tomahawks, Kittyhawks, and Airacobras employed within Soviet units. • **Pilots, tactics, and the advance to victory:** training, leadership, maintenance, the contested turning point of 1943, and the human cost of sustained combat. Accompanied by **historic photographs**, this volume places aircraft performance within the wider realities of production, logistics, terrain, and cooperation with ground forces. It explains how a shattered fighter force became an increasingly effective instrument of war. **Volume 4 of the Fighters of World War II series**, for readers of military aviation, aircraft history, and the Eastern Front.