Defending the motherland : the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces
Vinogradova, Luba2015
Book
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.
Main title:
Defending the motherland : the Soviet women who fought Hitler's aces / Lyuba Vinogradova ; with an introduction by Antony Beevor ; translated from the Russian by Arch Tait.
Author:
Vinogradova, Luba, authorTait, A. L., translator
Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2015.
Collation:
349 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780857051929 (hbk)9780857051943 (ebook)
Dewey class:
940.5'44'947940.5449
LC class:
D792.S65
Language:
EnglishRussian
Subject:
BRN:
271388