Milanetti, Gian Piero Sovetské letkyne ve Velké vlastenecké válce

Sowjetische Pilotinnen im Großen Vaterländischen Krieg

A unique written and, above all, visual testimony to the heroic struggle of Soviet women pilots, which the author has compiled thanks to many years of research, for which he travelled through Russia and Ukraine and visited women veterans of the Second World War who are still alive there.
This is the first book of this scope and detail to deal with the terrifying yet admirable stories of women who, in their desire to defend a country under attack by the Nazis, left their families and fought bravely alongside their men. There were many of these women, who are presented in the book in both words and pictures. It describes where they were deployed, what they experienced during the battles, what they thought, their successes, air battles and the fear they often felt. The book is proof that they were in no way inferior to their male colleagues, as evidenced by the numerous high honours they received. At the same time, it is a true tribute with which the author honours the heroic fight of women on the air battlefields of the Second World War.