Soviet Airborne Operations in Theater War
Author | : Graham Hall Turbiville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1988 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Graham Hall Turbiville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1988 |
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Author | : David Campbell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2020-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472839595 |
Established in 1932, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska ('air-landing forces', or VDV) of the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice. Though they were initially handicapped by a lack of infrastructure, due in part to a turbulent political climate in the 1930s, they still conducted major drops during World War II, including at the Dnepr River in September 1943. After the war ended, the VDV became independent of the Air Force and were elevated to the role of strategic asset. The newly rebuilt divisions were now organized and trained to conduct deep insertions behind enemy lines, attacking command-and-control facilities, lines of communication, and key infrastructure targets such as nuclear power plants. This training came into play in numerous Cold War confrontations, including Soviet operations in Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968). During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–89), the VDV proved to be the most formidable of the Mujahideen's opponents, with the development of the air assault concept – the transport, insertion and support of air-landed troops by helicopter rather than parachute. This title explores the development of the VDV from their conception in 1930 to their role in the Cold War and in the later invasion of Afghanistan. Supported by contemporary photography and specially commissioned artwork of uniforms and battlescenes, this title is a comprehensive and engaging guide to the history of airborne forces in the Soviet period.
Author | : David M. Glantz |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : 1428915826 |
Contents: The Prewar Experience; Evolution of Airborne Forces During World War II; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, January-February 1942; Operational Employment: Vyaz'ma, February-June 1942; Operational Employment: On the Dnepr, September 1943; Tactical Employment; The Postwar Years.
Author | : Steve Zaloga |
Publisher | : Presidio Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Inside the Blue Berets looks at the origins of the Russian shock troops. It provides an exciting description of the harrowing Russian airborne assaults of World War II and the combat uses of these troops in the Cold War years as they took on an important new role as "imperial storm troopers" - the infantry that enforced Soviet power, first in Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia. By then paratroopers had become a true elite, with the best and brightest of the Red Army competing for the prized blue beret. In the 1980s, the VDV became trapped in the quagmire of Afghanistan. Bloodied and weary after ten years of brutal fighting, the paratroopers returned home and were immediately ordered to don their flak jackets and control the civil turmoil resulting from perestroika. Inside the Blue Berets offers the first lucid description of the murky situation that surrounded the breakup of the USSR.
Author | : David M. Glantz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2019-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135202931 |
For almost 70 years Soviet and Russian military theorists have been fascinated with the concept of airborne operations. Now Russian theorists tackle the problems posed to such operations by high-precision weaponry. This work, using newly released and formerly classified Soviet and East German archives, provides a detailed record of the performance of Soviet airborne forces during peace and war.
Author | : David M. Glantz |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 0714633623 |
David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945.
Author | : Vladimir Kotelnikov |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2019-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1913118037 |
An aviation historian explores Russian airborne assault innovations in the decade before WWII using paratrooper memoirs and archival research. Through the 1930s, the USSR was pioneering new developments and technologies in airborne assault. The Red Army was conducting mass airborne assault exercises—dropping paratroopers, tanks, and guns from the skies—when no other nation on Earth even had airborne assault troops. In Red Assault, the Russian aviation historian Vladimir Kotelnikov explores these pioneering achievements. He describes the armament, equipment, and military hardware developed for airborne troops, as well as fantastical projects that reflect the unrestrained imagination of the Soviet military’s aviation designers. Kotelnikov offers a detailed account of the aircraft designed for airborne troops, while also describing troop drop exercises and real operations leading up to 1941. Kotelnikov’s research is drawn from government archives and museum collections, as well as the memoirs of pioneer military paratroopers in the USSR, some of which have never been published before.
Author | : Colonel David M. Glantz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2012-11-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136288309 |
David Glantz examines the Soviet study of war, the re-emergence of the operation level and its connection with deep battle, the evolution of the Soviet theory of operations in depth before 1941, and its refinement and application in the European theatre and the Far East between 1941 and 1945.
Author | : George E. Blau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
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Author | : Claude R. Sasso |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Night fighting (Military science) |
ISBN | : 1428915966 |