Moscow Air Defense

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Moscow Air Defense

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Post by stg 44 » 21 Sep 2016, 15:58

What are some good English language sources on the subject of Moscow's air defense? How strong was it, where were AAA and fighters plus radar concentrated, were there any Luftwaffe raids on the region after 1941, what was their night defenses like (did the Luftwaffe ever try bombing it at night?) and why didn't the Luftwaffe ever try bombing Stalin's Dacha? I know that the Germans had night radio guidance so if they knew where Stalin's Dacha was, which I think they must have given it was around since 1934, they could have attacked it at night with a large flight of bombers like they used to bomb London in 1940-41 and Soviet given that the Soviets didn't really have a great AAA gunnery radar in 1942 night raids shouldn't have been that costly if at all for the Germans. Or was Soviet air night defenses better than I'm thinking?

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Post by Ironmachine » 21 Sep 2016, 17:24

Some information, including Moscow's air defense strength in June 1941, can be found in this thread:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=75471


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Re: Moscow Air Defense

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Post by Pips » 22 Sep 2016, 03:40

Also the Moscow air raids are well covered in Black Cross Red Star Volumes 1 & 2.

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