Battle For The Ukraine – David Glantz

From 29 January through 3 February, that is during the period when the encirclement of the enemy Korsun’-Shevchenkovskii grouping was being completed, the weather was extremely unstable. During this entire period cumulonimbus snowfall occurred, there was usually fog in the morning, and there was a continuous cloud ceiling at a height of 100–150 meters.

The temperature was above 0 degrees [centigrade], and this led to sodden surfaces at air strips and the disabling of many airfields. Thus, for example, on 2 February in the 5th Air Army, the Veselovka and Krasnosel’e airfields were disabled, and the Tsibulevo airfield proved to be fit for limited service. On 3 February in the same army, only two airfields, those at Kirovograd and Dmitrovka, proved to be fit for combat work, and all remaining airfields were either entirely disabled or fit for only limited service.

An analogous situation existed in the 2d Air Army, which, in the initial days of February, completely switched over to the support of forces operating on the Zvenigorodka axis. All of this sharply decreased the intensity of our forces’ air combat operations just when ground conditions required the most powerful pressure from the air against counterattacking enemy tanks and infantry.

In these complex conditions, the aviation units and formation of the 5th and 2d Air Armies had to exploit even an insignificant improvement in the weather for combat operations. ‘Do not miss the weather’ became the principal demand which was made of aviation. Because of this demand, throughout this period assault aircraft and fighters remained in a high state of readiness; pilots often sat in their aircraft so that they could quickly take off on combat missions with the slightest improvement in the weather.

This series examines what Soviet military theorists and commanders learned from the study of their own military operations. 1. Harold S.Orenstein, translator and editor, Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience, Volume I, The Initial Period of War 1941, with an Introduction by David M.Glantz (ISBN 0 7146 3392 5 cloth) 2. Harold S.Orenstein, translator and editor, Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience, Volume II, The Winter Campaign 1941–1942, with an Introduction by David M.Glantz (ISBN 0 7146 3393 3 cloth) 3.

Joseph G.Welsh, translator, Red Armor Combat Orders: Combat Regulations for Tank and Mechanized Forces 1944, edited and with an Introduction by Richard N.Armstrong (ISBN 0 7146 3401 8 cloth) 4. Harold S.Orenstein, translator and editor, Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience, Volume III, Military Operations 1941 and 1942, with an Introduction by David M.Glantz (ISBN 0 7146 3402 6 cloth) 5. William A.Burhans, translator, The Nature of the Operations of Modern Armies by V.K.

Triandafillov, edited by Jacob W.Kipp, with an Introduction by James J.Schneider (ISBN 0 7146 4501 X cloth, 0 7146 4118 9 paper) 6. Harold S.Orenstein, translator, The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art, 1927– 1991: The Documentary Basis, Volume I, Operational Art, 1927–1964, with an Introduction by David M. Glantz (ISBN 0 7146 4547 8 cloth, 0 7146 4228 2 paper) 7.

Harold S.Orenstein, translator, The Evolution of Soviet Operational Art, 1927– 1991: The Documentary Basis, Volume II, Operational Art, 1965–1991, with an Introduction by David M.Glantz (ISBN 0 7146 4548 6 cloth, 0 7146 4229 0 paper) 8. Richard N.Armstrong and Joseph G.Welsh, Winter Warfare: Red Army Orders and Experiences (ISBN 0 7146 4699 7 cloth, 0 7146 4237 1 paper) 9.

Lester W.Grau, The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan (ISBN 0 7146 4874 4 cloth, 0 7146 4413 7 paper) 10. David M.Glantz and Harold S.Orenstein, editor and translator, The Battle for Kursk 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study (ISBN 0 7146 4933 3 cloth, 0 7146 4493 5 paper) Copyright © 2003 David M.Glantz and Harold S.Orenstein 11.

Niklas Zetterling and Anders Frankson, Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis (ISBN 0 7146 5052 8 cloth, 0 7146 8103 2 paper) 12. David M.Glantz and Harold S.Orenstein, editor and translator, Belorussia 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study (ISBN 0 7146 5102 8 cloth) 13. David M.Glantz and Harold S.Orenstein, editor and translator, The Battle for L’vov, July 1944: The Soviet General Staff Study (ISBN 0 7146 5201 6 cloth) 14. Alexander O.Chubaryan and Harold Shukman, editors, Stalin and the Soviet- Finnish War, 1939–40 (ISBN 0 7146 5203 2 cloth) 15.

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