The 46th Guards were all pretty badass. I wrote a book about them.
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I want that book
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I have loved all of these, and would love if there were some way to collect them. This is my favorite one yet, though.
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I'm gonna try to Storify them.
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The mention of Night Witches (588th) reminds me of this tribute to the pilots by Sabaton, accompanied by clips from a Russian TV serial.https://youtu.be/NU4e50fERiY
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Yes! They'd cut the engines and descend silently over the German lines. The Germans wouldn't hear anything until the bomb whistle. And most of them didn't even have parachutes.
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She also came up with the idea of dropping railroad ties from the squadron's planes when they ran out of bombs and couldn't get resupplied. They'd steal tracks by day, and return them by night. She was a clever witch, and had no qualms about shouting down machismos in the 40's.
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Is there a movie? There needs to be a movie!
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The replies to this have been the best use of 240 yet...carry on!
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Story of her and others like her in the book A Dance with Death. https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Death-Soviet-Airwomen-World/dp/1585441775 …
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Vera Lachmann, who numbers tattooed on her arm, gay, prof @ Brooklyn College, founder of Camp Catawba
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In Israel, American TV reporter to Israeli Babushka, reporting on economic downturn in Israel: Isn't it terrible that the price of butter just tripled ? Aren't things hard ? Babushka: I was in Auschwitz; this isn't so bad
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I know it's a weird time with Russia relations and all but I need a Night Witches movie. NEED IT.
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There is also a Tabletop Role Playing Game based on the Night Witches, it's pretty great. Did a 5 week show on Twitch a few years back, one of my first live role play shows.
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Nailed it!
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Dang!
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You would really like the song
#NightWitches by@sabaton -yeah, it's amazing. - 1 more reply
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