Accession Number:

ADA213571

Title:

Luftwaffe Tactical Operations at Stalingrad - 19 November 1942-02 February 1943

Descriptive Note:

Student rept.

Corporate Author:

AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

Personal Author(s):

• Lower, Roy W.

Report Date:

1987-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

73.0

Abstract:

This project examines the pivotal role played by Luftwaffe tactical operations in support of the German Sixth Army during its encirclement at Stalingrad, 19 November 1942-02 February 1943. These operations are separate and distinct from the aerial resupply missions flown by VIII Fliegerkorps and represent close air support, air interdiction, and air superiority. Their failure was just one element of the German combined arms failure at Stalingrad.

Descriptors:

• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• *TACTICAL WARFARE
• CONTROL
• CLOSE SUPPORT
• INTERDICTION
• AIRBORNE
• FAILURE
• AIR SPACE
• MISSIONS
• TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT
• TRANSLATIONS
• GERMAN LANGUAGE
• REPLENISHMENT

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE