Thousand Sisters (e-bog) af Wein, Elizabeth
Wein, Elizabeth (forfatter)

Thousand Sisters e-bog

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Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist!The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War IIfrom Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name VerityIn 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, i...
E-bog 58,95 DKK
Forfattere Wein, Elizabeth (forfatter)
Forlag Balzer + Bray
Udgivet 22 januar 2019
Længde 400 sider
Genrer Children’s / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780062453044
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist!The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War IIfrom Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name VerityIn 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 Regimentnicknamed the night witchesfaced 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 Raskovas 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.