![Russian women pilots originally flew the antiquated Polykarpov PO-2, which was made of wood covered with fabric.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/W-Witches-Lead-4C-Sep07-760x594.jpg)
WWII History September 2007
Red Air Force Heroines: The Night Witches
By George Tipton WilsonIgnoring a nonaggression pact between Hitler and Stalin, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, an invasion of the Soviet Union, on June 22, 1941. Read more