Download or read book A History of Soviet Airborne Forces written by David M. Glantz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost 70 years Soviet and Russian military theorists have been fascinated with the concept of airborne operations. Now Russian theorists tackle the problems posed to such operations by high-precision weaponry. This work, using newly released and formerly classified Soviet and East German archives, provides a detailed record of the performance of Soviet airborne forces during peace and war.