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A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II  Cover Image Book Book

A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

Wein, Elizabeth (author.).

Summary: In the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment -- nicknamed the "night witches" -- faced intense pressure and obstacles both in the sky and on the ground. Some of these young women perished in flames. Many of them were in their teens when they went to war. This is the story of Raskova's three regiments, women who enlisted and were deployed on the front lines of battle as navigators, pilots, and mechanics. It is the story of a thousand young women who wanted to take flight to defend their country, and the woman who brought them together in the sky. Packed with black-and-white photographs, fascinating sidebars, and thoroughly researched details, A Thousand Sisters is the inspiring true story of a group of women who set out to change the world, and the sisterhood they formed even amid the destruction of war.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780062453013
  • ISBN: 0062453017
  • ISBN: 9780062453037
  • ISBN: 0062453033
  • Physical Description: print
    388 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Battle cry : a prologue -- The future war -- The Great Patriotic War: the first year: 1941-1942 -- The Great Patriotic War: the second year: 1942-1943 -- The Great Patriotic War: the third and fourth years: 1943-1945 -- After the war.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Soviet Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female Juvenile literature
Women air pilots Soviet Union Biography Juvenile literature
Air pilots, Military Soviet Union Biography Juvenile literature
Soviet Union History 1939-1945 Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, Soviet
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female
Air pilots, Military Juvenile literature
Women Biography
Soviet Union History 1939-1945 Juvenile literature
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Biography & Autobiography Women
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION History Military & Wars
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION Transportation Aviation
World War (1939-1945)
Air pilots, Military
Military operations, Aerial Soviet
Military participation Female
Women air pilots
Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945 Juvenile literature
Women air pilots Biography Juvenile literature
Military air pilots Biography Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945
Military air pilots
Women Biography
Soviet Union History Juvenile literature
Soviet Union History
Genre: Young adult nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
Mystery fiction.
Young adult nonfiction.
Biographies.

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