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  Title

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

  Author

  Wein, Elizabeth.  

  Publisher:

  Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

  Pub date:

  [2019]

  Pages:

  388 pages :

  ISBN:

  9780062453013

  Item info:

  1 copy available in Adult nonfiction shelves.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9780062453013
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    Call number	Copies	Material	Location
    940.54 WEI	1	Adult non-fic hardcover	Adult nonfiction shelves

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  Personal Author:

  Wein, Elizabeth.

  Title:

  A thousand sisters : the heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II / Elizabeth Wein.

  Edition:

  First edition.

  Physical description:

  388 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

  Contents:

  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.

  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.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Soviet--Juvenile literature.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female--Juvenile literature.

  Subject term:

  Women air pilots--Soviet Union--Biography--Juvenile literature.

  Subject term:

  Air pilots, Military--Soviet Union--Biography--Juvenile literature.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Soviet.

  Subject term:

  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.

  Subject term:

  Air pilots, Military.

  Subject term:

  Women--Biography.

  Geographic term:

  Soviet Union--History--1939-1945--Juvenile literature.

  Geographic term:

  Soviet Union--History--1939-1945.