"Soviet Navy Over Berlin" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Jan 2019 9:43 p.m. PST |
"On July 22, 1941, exactly one month after invading the Soviet Union, German aviation conducted its first air strike on Moscow. Squadrons of German bombers fought through the swarms of Soviet fighters, searchlights, and air defense artillery barrages to drop over 100 tons of bombs on the Soviet capital. Even though the damage to the city was minor, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin could not allow the attack on his capital to go unanswered. The war was going badly for the Soviet Union, and Stalin needed some symbolic act to raise the morale of his people. With this in mind, he ordered a retaliatory air attack on the German capital of Berlin to demonstrate to the Soviet population and the rest of the world that the Soviet Union was still very much in the war. However, as the Red Army continued steadily retreating under the German onslaught, the distance from the front lines to Berlin stretched to over 600 miles. With the airfields of the Red Air Force relocating farther and farther east, this placed the German capital just out of reach for the majority of Soviet long-range bombers. The Soviet Navy turned out to be in a unique position to carry out Stalin's orders, and headquarters staff of the Naval Air Forces under Lt. Gen. Semyon F. Zhavoronkov came up with an ambitious and extremely dangerous but marginally workable plan…."
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Dn Jackson  | 30 Jan 2019 11:29 p.m. PST |
Very interesting article. Thanks Tango. |
| Andrew Walters | 31 Jan 2019 9:49 a.m. PST |
That's an astounding story. Should be a game! |
| Tango01 | 31 Jan 2019 12:18 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyes it my friends!. (smile)
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| Joe Legan | 31 Jan 2019 7:24 p.m. PST |
Most excellent read.
Thanks Tango! Joe |
| Tango01 | 01 Feb 2019 12:13 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile)
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| Lion in the Stars | 01 Feb 2019 8:29 p.m. PST |
Dang, I think the Soviets out-did the Doolittle Raid! I'd raise a glass to those crews! |
| EJNashIII | 02 Feb 2019 9:01 a.m. PST |
Great article about a part of the war I was unfamiliar with. |
| Tango01 | 02 Feb 2019 12:18 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it too my friend!.
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