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

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Label

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

Title remainder

the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II

Statement of responsibility

Elizabeth Wein

Creator

• Wein, Elizabeth,

Author

• Wein, Elizabeth,

Subject

• Air pilots, Military -- Soviet Union -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• Biographies
• Biography
• History
• Juvenile works
• Military operations, Aerial -- Soviet
• Military participation -- Female
• Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- History -- 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature
• 1939-1945
• Women air pilots -- Soviet Union -- Biography | Juvenile literature
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Soviet -- Juvenile literature
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female -- Juvenile literature
• Women air pilots
• Air pilots, Military

Genre

• History
• Juvenile literature
• Juvenile works
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

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

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

juvenile