Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front by Serhii Plokhy

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/215929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front Author: Serhii Plokhy Narrator: Leighton Pugh Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins Release date: 10-03-19 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Air Forces Publisher's Summary: In November 1943, with the outcome of the Second World War hanging in the balance, the Allies needed a new plan. The Americans' audacious suggestion to the Soviets was to open a second air front, with the US Air Force establishing bases in Soviet-controlled territory. Despite Stalin's obvious reservations about the presence of foreign troops in Russia, he was persuaded, and in early 1944 and Operation Baseball and then Frantic were initiated as B-17 Superfortresses were flown from bases in Italy to the Poltova region in today's Ukraine.