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020 $a9780062453013 (hbk.) :$cNT$700
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 14$aD792.S65$bW45 2019
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100 1 $aWein, Elizabeth,$eauthor.
245 12$aA thousand sisters :$bthe heroic airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II /$cElizabeth Wein.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1$aNew York, NY :$bBalzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,$c2019.
264 4$c©2019.
300 $a388 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia.
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 357-368) and index.
505 0 $aBattle 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.
520 $a"n the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment--nicknamed the "night witches"-- Faced intense pressure and obstacles both in the sky and on the ground. Some of these young women perished in flames. Many of them were in their teens when they went to war. This is the story of Raskova's three regiments, women who enlisted and were deployed on the front lines of battle as navigators, pilots, and mechanics. It is the story of a thousand young women who wanted to take flight to defend their country, and the woman who brought them together in the sky. Packed with black-and-white photographs, fascinating sidebars, and thoroughly researched details, A Thousand Sisters is the inspiring true story of a group of women who set out to change the world, and the sisterhood they formed even amid the destruction of war." --$c(Source of summary not specified).
650 0$aWomen air pilots$zSoviet Union$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aAir pilots, Military$zSoviet Union$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aAir pilots, Military$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aWomen$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aYoung adult literature.
650 0$aBiography.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Soviet$vJuvenile literature.
650 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Female$vJuvenile literature.
651 0$aSoviet Union$xHistory$y1939-1945$vJuvenile literature.