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Broomsticks Over the Steppe tells the extraordinary true story of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, the all-female Soviet air unit better known as the Night Witches. Created under the impulsion of pioneering aviator Marina Raskova, and led by Commander Yevdokia Bershanskaya by these young women flew fragile wooden biplanes on night raids against invading German forces-often gliding silently through darkness with engines cut, navigating by intuition, starlight, and courage alone. They were mocked, underestimated, and dismissed. They became one of the most decorated aviation regiments in the Soviet military. Through interviews, diaries, letters, and wartime archives, Alice Cavendish-Spencer reconstructs both the relentless daily reality of the women who flew and the broader political forces that shaped their service. This is not just a story of heroism in battle-it is a chronicle of ingenuity, loyalty, exhaustion, grief, camaraderie, and the quiet resolve to do what history said could not be done. A testament to courage in its most human form.

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