Air defense in the Stalingrad strategic offensive operation (19.11.1942-02.02.1943)

Annotation

The article is devoted to the actions of units and formations of the Red Army to repel enemy air raids during the Stalingrad offensive operation. The relevance of the research is determined by the need to summarize previously published works on the topic and introduce new archival and stock materials into scientific circulation. The purpose of the work is to tell about air defense in the period from November 19, 1942 to February 02, 1943. The source base is based on materials from the collections of the Battle of Stalingrad Museum-Reserve and the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The work also uses previously published literature, including foreign authors. An ideographic method was used to describe the facts, phenomena and events of the activities of military authorities. The materials of the article give a general idea of the enemy's air force and our air defense systems. The study examines the issue of providing the enemy with material resources by air. A special place in the work is devoted to the study of the organization and conduct of a special operation for the air blockade of the surrounded group. In conclusion, the results of the activities of the Wehrmacht aviation and the air defense of our units in the last period of the Battle of the Volga are summarized.

Keywords

• stalingrad
• Stalingrad strategic offensive operation
• air defense
• fighter
• assault
• bomber aircraft
• anti-aircraft artillery
• anti-aircraft machine guns
• luftwaffe
• air blockade
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Contribution of the authors

Bolotov N. A. – scientific guidance, development of the research concept, substantiation of the purpose of the article, editing. Nasekin М. А. – work in museums, archives, data processing and systematization.

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