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An illustrated account of how the Royal Rumanian Air Force claimed their kills against the Soviets.

First seeing action in the wake of the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, the Royal Rumanian Air Force had been allied to the Luftwaffe since the Romanian government signed a Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy in November 1940.

This book reveals how, despite suffering heavy losses to the numerically superior Russian forces, the Rumanians inflicted even greater casualties on the communists. Locked in bitter conflict with the Soviets until September 1944, when the Red Army poured across the Rumanian frontier and forced an armistice, the modest fighter force claimed 1500+ kills using primarily Bf 109's, E's.

Table of Contents

Introduction and acknowledgements

CHAPTER ONE
BACKGROUND TO WAR

CHAPTER TWO
BARBAROSSA TO STALINGRAD

CHAPTER THREE
NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW TASKS

CHAPTER FOUR
1944 – YEAR OF THE CRUCIBLE

CHAPTER FIVE
CHANGING SIDES

CHAPTER SIX
LEADING ACES

Appendices
Colour plates commentary
Index

Product details

Published 20 Jun 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841765358
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 92 b/w; 11 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Aircraft of the Aces
Short code ACE 54
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Dénes Bérnad

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John Weal

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Mark Postlethwaite

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Mark Styling

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