Defending the motherland : the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces / Lyuba Vinogradova ; with an introducation by Antony Beevor ; translated from the Russian by Arch Tait.
Publisher:
MacLehose Pressan imprint of Quercus,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
349 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
Summary:
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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