{"product_id":"the-night-witch-weber-thomas-9798248156979","title":"The Night Witch: Soviet Russia's All-Female Bomber Regiment : How the 588th Regiment Flew Wooden Planes and Terrified the Luftwaffe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happens when the quietest aircraft in the sky becomes the loudest fear in a soldier's mind?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Night Witch: Soviet Russia's All-Female Bomber Regiment\u003c\/i\u003e, the legend of the 588th is stripped of cliché and returned to the cold air of the Eastern Front. These were not fairy-tale phantoms. They were trained aviators flying plywood-and-canvas Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes against one of the most mechanized armies in history. They cut their engines before target approach. The sky went silent. Then the bombs fell.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book challenges the mythology that has grown around the so-called \"Nachthexen.\" Drawing on archival German field reports, Soviet wartime dispatches, and postwar memoirs, it asks uncomfortable questions about memory, propaganda, and gender in total war. Were they tactically decisive-or psychologically corrosive? Was the \"witch\" label frontline reality or retrospective narrative? And why did fear take on a female face?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside, you'll find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acoustic warfare of engine-cut gliding and its impact on German infantry morale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchival debates over sorties, tonnage, and what counts as military significance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe politics behind Marina Raskova's petition to Stalin and Order No. 0099\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe gendered folklore that shaped the \"Night Witch\" myth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe evolution from the 588th Regiment to the 46th Taman Guards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tension between Soviet heroism rhetoric and veterans' lived experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Cold War memory reframed Soviet female combatants for Western audiences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is military history with friction-where legend meets documentation and symbolism meets statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think wooden planes could not trouble the Luftwaffe, think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Weber Thomas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798248156979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Weber Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997453594879,"sku":"9798248156979","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-night-witch-weber-thomas-9798248156979","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}