White Rose of Stalingrad The Real-Life Adventure of Lidiya Vladimirovna Litvyak, the Highest Scoring Female Air Ace of All Time

Name: White Rose of Stalingrad The Real-Life Adventure of Lidiya Vladimirovna Litvyak, the Highest Scoring Female Air Ace of All Time
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ISBN: 9781849088107

ISBN-10: 1849088101

ISBN-13: 9781849088107

Edition: 2013

Authors: Bill Yenne

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Of all the major air forces that were engaged in the war, only the Red Air Force had units comprised specifically of women. Initially the Red Air Force maintained an all-male policy among its combat pilots. However, as the apparently invincible German juggernaut sliced through Soviet defenses, the Red Air Force began to rethink its ban on women. By October 1941, authorization was forthcoming for three ground attack regiments of women pilots. Among these women, Lidiya Vladimirovna "Lilya" Litvyak soon emerged as a rising star. She shot down five German aircraft over the Stalingrad Front, and thus become history's first female ace. She scored 12 documented victories over German aircraft…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 2/19/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.29" wide x 9.51" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Introduction


Prologue



Born Into a Season of Darkness and Promises



Growing Up With the Man in Red



Mother and Father



Bright, Happy Years



Bonfires of Paranoia



Heroes in the Sky



Heroines in the Sky



From Behind Dark Clouds



Enemies at the Gates



Women at War



Marinas Falcons



Operational Assignments



Lilya at War



Stalingrad, the Very Hell of the War



A Time of Heroines



Springtime in Moscow



Romance and Tragedy



The White Lily of the Donbass



Twilight of the Falcons



Lost Lily


Epilogue


Appendix: Aerial Victories Credited to Lilya Litvyak


About the Author


Selected Recurring Acronyms


Bibliography


Index