Defending the motherland the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces
Plucked from every background, and led by an N.K.V.D. Major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on 16th October 1941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made the 586th Fighter Regiment, the 587th Heavy-bomber Regiment and the 588th Regiment of l...
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London
Maclehose Press
2015
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Soviet Union / Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily / Women
> Soviet Union / Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily / History / World War, 1939-1945
> World War, 1939-1945 / Aerial operations, Soviet
> World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Eastern Front
> Frau
> Geschichte
> Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
> Kampffliegerin
> Zweiter Weltkrieg
> Sowjetunion
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Plucked from every background, and led by an N.K.V.D. Major, the new recruits who boarded a train in Moscow on 16th October 1941 to go to war had much in common with millions of others across the world. What made 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 349, [24] S.S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9780857051929 978-0-85705-192-9 085705192X 0-85705-192-X 9780857051936 0857051938 9780857051943 |