Night Witches: The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat
- ISBN-10
- 0897332881
- ISBN-13
- 9780897332880
- Series
- Night Witches
- Category
- Fiction / General
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago
- Author
- Bruce Myles
Description
In 1941, as Nazi hordes swept east into the Soviet Union, a desperte call went out for women to join the Russian air force. The result—three entire regiments of women pilots and bombers—was a phenomenon unmatched in World II. Through interviews with these courageous pilots, the author uncovers their story. Soon to be a major motion picture.
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