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"Plucked from every background and led by an NKVD major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on October 16, 941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made the members of the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th Heavy-Bomber Regiment, and the 588th Regiment of Light Night-Bombers unique was their gender: the Soviet Union was creating the first all-female active combat units in modern history. Drawing on original interviews with surviving airwomen, Lyuba Vinogradova weaves together the untold stories of the female Soviet fighter pilots of the Second World War. From that first train journey to the last tragic disappearance, Vinogradova's panoramic account of these women's lives follows them from society balls to unmarked graves, from landmark victories to the horrors of Stalingrad. Battling not just fearsome aces of the Luftwaffe but also patronizing prejudice from their own leaders, women such as Lilya Litvyak and Ekaterina Budanova are brought to life by the diaries and recollections of those who knew them, and who watched them live, love, fight, and dies"--Dust jacket.
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Women air pilots, Female Participation, World War, 1939-1945, Soviet Aerial operations, History, World war, 1939-1945, aerial operations, russian, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, eastern front, Women, Campaigns, Military campaigns, Aerial Military operations, Soviet, Soviet Union. Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily, Soviet Union, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Places
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Defending the Motherland: the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces
2018
in English
1681440121 9781681440125
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Defending the motherland: the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces
2015, MacLehose Press, Quercus
in English
085705192X 9780857051929
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Translated from the Russian.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
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