1942: Air War in the Arctic. Book One (January 1 - June 30). Mardanov A.A.

Having defended the non -freezing port of Murmansk in 1941, the Red Army retained the most important sea gates of the USSR, which allowed to organize military supplies from the allies as soon as possible. It was because of them in 1942 that the air war at the northernmost section of the Soviet-German front reached its maximum. At the same time, from 61 bombing raids on the Murmansk port and ships in the Kola Bay in the first half of 1942 Soviet fighters and anti-aircraft artillery managed to completely reflect more than half. Without this, huge losses would have been inflicted on aircraft and other strategic goods and warships, because their air units distinguished themselves in the destruction of the royal Navy ships in 1939-1940. and the ships of the Northern Fleet in 1941

the new book of the leading historian of the air war in the Arctic, based on both Soviet and German archival documents, for the first time in all details and the smallest details, the day after day restores a genuine chronicle Severe battles that unfolded in the sky above the Kola Peninsula and the Barents Sea. The same unique materials made it possible to make a complete list of all combat losses of Soviet aviation in the north.