A list of puns related to "Aerial Bomb"
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The name alone would strike terror into the hart of even the most battle-hardened German soldier: The Night Witches.
Although these women were not Americans, we decided that since they fought as allies against Nazi soldiers and their story is not commonly known, we would give them an honorable mention in our Forgotten Americans section. Named for the sound of their rudimentary, plywood biplanes as they cruised slowly overhead at low altitude dropping bombs, the Night Witches were the all-volunteer, all-female air raid squad that the Soviets deployed against the Third Reich. The spooky βwhooshβ as they circled overhead reminded the German troops of women sweeping. The association with a broom led to them calling these night-time raiders βNachthexenβ β Night Witches.
A term of derision for the Nazis, a badge of honor for the women of the Soviet Unionβs all-female bomb squad.
The Night Witches were so hated by the powers that be in Berlin that anyone who could down one of their crop dusters was awarded the prestigious Iron Cross award.
But who were these brave women who battled against the Nazi Luftwaffe in the freezing cold of the Eastern Front?
The Mother of the Night Witches
The Soviet Union might have been Communist, but its military was decidedly unwoke. Women were allowed but were not used in combat positions. However, the necessities of the Second World War forced the Soviets to broaden their horizons.
If anyone can be said to be the βmotherβ of the Night Witches, it is Marina Raskova. Raskova was a Major in the Red Army, and a personal confidant of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Raskova also held the distinction of being the Soviet Amelia Earhart, with vast and prominent aviation experience. Raskova originally wanted to be an opera singer, but a sense of Soviet patriotism led her to become one of the most accomplished military instructors in the nationβs history.
Women across the Soviet Union had been con
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