Description
Product ID: | 9780857051950 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Defending the Motherland |
Subtitle: | The Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler's Aces |
Authors: | Author: Lyuba Vinogradova, Arch Tait |
Page Count: | 352 |
Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Gender studies: women and girls, Military vehicles, Second World War, Gender studies: women, Military aircraft, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The breathtaking story of the most successful female fighter pilots in history 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. |
Imprint Name: | MacLehose Press |
Publisher Name: | Quercus Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-04-07 |