The Night Witches and the Fighting Women of the Soviet Union
09/29/20 • 48 min
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The Night Witches were the feared, all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. Yet the Night Witches weren't the only Soviet women on the front-line during the Second World War. Women were pilots, doctors, partisans, snipers and anti-aircraft gunners.
Dr Fern Riddell speaks to Dr Reina Pennington and Prof Kristen Ghodsee.
Sky HISTORY's Not What You Thought You Knew is presented by Dr Fern Riddell, produced by Kim Sergeant, Peter Ross, research by Mary Nzeh, and series produced by Sam Pearson.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Night Witches were the feared, all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment. Yet the Night Witches weren't the only Soviet women on the front-line during the Second World War. Women were pilots, doctors, partisans, snipers and anti-aircraft gunners.
Dr Fern Riddell speaks to Dr Reina Pennington and Prof Kristen Ghodsee.
Sky HISTORY's Not What You Thought You Knew is presented by Dr Fern Riddell, produced by Kim Sergeant, Peter Ross, research by Mary Nzeh, and series produced by Sam Pearson.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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