When we started telling you about the expansion for Moscow '41, we had left some topics hanging.

One by one we will tackle them, starting by revealing the first of the five factors that contributed to the success of the Luftwaffe in the fateful summer of 1941.

The training program developed by the Luftwaffe in the early 1930s required that candidates who had been found suitable through a severe psychological and attitudinal selection began a long training before being assigned to units.

For fighter or dive bomber pilots, initial training lasted 13 months, followed by a second phase of specialty training that required 200 hours of flight.

For reconnaissance and level bombers the period was even longer, about 20 months, at the end of which the assignment to groups and operational training began with 270 hours of flight.

The VVS in 1941 had nothing similar and often the pilots assigned to the operational units had received only superficial and theoretical training.

We recently came into possession of an exclusive report in which the details that will flow into the Strategic Guide emerge. 

It should therefore not surprise us if some pilots engaged on the Eastern Front will quickly manage to reach the ceiling of 300 victories.

L-R General Krupinski, General Barkhorn, Wiese, Hartmann

Why will no Russian or Allied pilot be able to reach such a milestone in any theater of war?

"It is a complex question - explains Professor Antonella Fucecchi - that must be analyzed in its entirety because over time there will be various factors that will contribute to this asymmetry of efficiency. But certainly the training program developed in Germany starting from the early 30s will also be one of the key factors in this case."

The expansion provides several new features and assets, such as the Russian Air Force and finally allows it to add air combat to Moscow '41.

"Clearly - Emanuele Santandrea explains - the Luftwaffe will maintain considerable advantages and will be the only one to have elite Air Units."

It is well known that the use of the infamous Stukas contributed significantly to obtaining the local tactical superiority that we talked about in a short video:

But we will talk about it better when we address the German military doctrine of the blitzkrieg.

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