re: #213 Kragar

re: #216 Sol Berdinowitz

The Soviet general staff (STAVKA) actually planned a large wave of air attacks of their own for the morning of the German offensive. Those raids, however, were one aspect of the Soviet plan that did not work; The Luftwaffe had just deployed new radars to the base intended to support the ‘CITADEL’ offensive. These radars detected the incoming Russian air strike packages far enough out for Luftwaffe fighters to get airborne and devastate them.