Somogy megye múltjából - Levéltári évkönyv 26. (Kaposvár, 1995)

Bősze Sándor: Adatok az angolszász szövetségesek Somogy megyét ért bombázásairól (1942. szeptember -1944. október)

and thoughts of the soldiers, we can get to know what they were interested in and what they wanted to find out about the war, what their opinions were about what. This is the reason why these documents are important historical sources, since from these letters we can feel how the combat morale of the soldiers changed, what fears they went through and what they thought about the future of the country and their own. The author analyzes the postcard and picture card of two soldiers from Somogy informing us about their frequency and what is more important, their content. Manfred Kebrig; The battle at Stalingrad in 1942/43; The writing on the wall („Menetekel...") From the study we come to know that the Soviet counter-attack starting on November 19, 1942 did not take the German leadership by surprise. Prior to the attack the German military leadership even counted on the 6th Army being temporarily cut off. But they did not entirely realize how big the danger was and its probable consequences. Several of them still thought the firm faith in the final victory was enough to attain favorable results with defensive maneuvers. The German leadership underestimated the size and expansion of the Soviet advance and its operational objectives and the up-to-date methods of leading the army. When the fight had closed in at Stalingrad, realizing the danger, the German generals, Manstein, among others, proposed that the army be rescued out of the pocket. The study shows us the general's different opinion as well as the Führers standpoint. We can keep track of Field-marshal Manstein's relief attack and its failure too. Bősze Sándor: Figures on the Anglo-Saxon allies bombarding Somogy county (September 1942 - October 1944). The author set as his objective the examination of the air raids of the American and British Air Forces on Hungary - concretely on Somogy county - which has been a rather meglected area of World War II. Although the comitat did not belong to the strategical targets of the Allies, its air space during the overflights served as a constant route for the 15th strategic air force of the USA and the English 205th bombarding unit. Through hunting up and meticuluosly processing the sources at his disposal, the author did gap-filling work because the several scattered bomb drops described by him and the casualties in Somogy due to them and the data concerning the numerous Anglo-Saxon planes crashed to earth and destroyed and their crews has so far been unknown even in the Hungarian expert literature. The author of the study supplemented his work with a map and a table showing the figures of the bomb raids.