"Black Cross/Red Star" 3 Stalingrad Air War printed

[ChBergstrom]

Yesterday I received news from my "Black Cross/Red Star" publisher (Eagle Editions) that "Black Cross/Red Star", Vol. 3 "has been printed, should be bound this next week and made ready for shipment to us".

Yesterday I also delivered the manuscript of my book "Barbarossa: The Air War" to the publisher Ian Allan (deadline was today). It will be published by Ian Allan in the spring of 2007. This book can be read as a second, and edited, edition of "Black Cross/Red Star", vol. 1.

One month ago (30 June) was the deadline for the delivery of the manuscript of my book "Luftstrid över Kanalen/Battle of Britain" to the Swedish and international military publisher Leandoer & Ekholm.

Previously, I have delivered the manuscripts of two separate pilot biographies on two JG 54 "Grünherz" pilots to another publisher, and that publisher now tells me that those two books are intended to be published before Christmas 2006. (I have contracts for both books.)

Right now, I am working on the book "Stalingrad: The Air War", which will be published by Ian Allan in the autumn of 2007.

Info from my website Aviation Books by Christer Bergström :


* Luftstrid över Kanalen: A re-edited new edition of Christer Bergström's book on the Battle of Britain, "Luftstrid över Kanalen". This book is based on an extensive research into British and German archives, and interviews with a large number of pilot veterans from the Battle of Britain. It will contain a complete list of each individual aircraft loss and each individual victory claim on both sides throughout the Battle of Britain. This is a 200,000-word book (i.e. twice that of Black Cross/Red Star) and contains nearly 400 photographs, many of which are from pilot veterans' personal albums and have never been published before. Will be published in September 2006.

* Battle of Britain: The English edition of the above book. Scheduled to be published in December 2006.

The British publisher Ian Allan will publish four books by Christer Bergström on the history on the air war on the Eastern Front:

* Barbarossa: The Air War: To be published in the spring of 2007. (Update 31 July 2006: I just delivered the manuscript to the publisher - my deadline for delivery was 1 August 2006.)

* Stalingrad: The Air War: To be published in the autumn of 2007.

* Kursk: The Air War: To be published in the spring of 2008.

* Storm over the Eastern Front: The Air War 1944 - 1945: To be published in the autumn of 2008.

These books will study the air war on the Eastern Front from a slightly different angle than Black Cross/Red Star. The "Ian Allan books" will be more oriented toward planning and strategy, while the Black Cross/Red Star books are more of operational histories.

To everyone asking about news on my books, please visit my website for any updates:

Aviation Books by Christer Bergström

All the best,

Christer Bergström

[Jim O]

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