Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War 2 podcast, I'm Angus Wallace.

Salingrad ranks as one of the most infamous savage and emotive battles of the 20th century.

To supply the entrapped and exhausted German 6th Army, the Luftwaffe mounted an airlift

in the winter of 1942-43. The weather conditions, faced by the flying crews, mechanics and

soldiers on the ground were appalling, but against all odds and a resurgent and active Soviet

Air Force, the transports maintained a determined presence over the ravaged city on the Volga,

even when the last airfields in the Stalingrad pocket had been lost. I'm joined by Robert

Forsyth, whose new book is to serve an army, the Stalingrad airlift. Robert has been with us before,

we discussed Luftwaffe special weapons and before that, the Luftwaffe attempt to support

U-boat operations in the Atlantic. Now this podcast is brought to you by the kind contributions

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