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100 1  Wein, Elizabeth,|eauthor. 
245 12 A thousand sisters :|bthe heroic airwomen of the Soviet 
       Union in World War II /|cElizabeth Wein. 
264  1 New York :|bBalzer & Bray,|c2020. 
300    388 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520    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. -- Back cover. 
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648  7 1939-1945|2fast 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xAerial operations, Soviet. 
650  0 Women air pilots|zSoviet Union. 
650  0 Air pilots, Military|zSoviet Union. 
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650  7 Military operations, Aerial|xSoviet.|2fast
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650  7 Women air pilots.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01177058 
651  7 Soviet Union.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210281 
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