Night Witches (redirect from Nachthexen)
"Night Witches" (German: die Nachthexen; Russian: Ночные ведьмы, Nochnyye Vedmy) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators...
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Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "Night Witches" (die Nachthexen) by the Germans): This was the best known of the regiments and was commanded...
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female. As such, the pilots earned the nickname "Night Witches" (German Nachthexen, Russian Ночные Ведьмы/Nočnye Ved’my). The unit earned numerous Hero of...
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experiences in the war, as their nickname given by their German opponents, Nachthexen, meant "night witches". Rakobolskaya was born in 1919 in the city of Dankov...
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5:52 5. "Advancing Once More" 5:07 6. "Red Wolves of Stalin" 5:06 7. "Nachthexen" 4:25 8. "The Crucial Offensive (19-11-1942, 7.30 AM)" 4:21 9. "Stalingrad"...
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No. Title Length 1. "Dvaita" 2:29 2. "Spotless" 6:35 3. "Nachthexen" 6:44 4. "Tragic Flaw" 2:09 5. "Invisible Shadow" 8:33 6. "Empty" 5:44 7. "Out of Existence"...
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restful sleep. Soon the Germans frustratedly dubbed the women pilots Die Nachthexen, "The Night Witches", and Luftwaffe pilots and anti-aircraft gunners were...
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Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, nicknamed the "Night Witches", (German: Nachthexen), on the night of 31 July 1943, resulted in the entire regiment being...
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childhood home region of the Donetsk coal fields. The regiment was called "Nachthexen" (Night Witches) by the Germans "because the whooshing noise their plywood...
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against Berlin. The regiments, collectively known to the Germans as the "Nachthexen" ("Night Witches"), flew more than 24,000 sorties and won in total 23...
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