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The women who flew for Hitler : a true story of soaring ambition and searing rivalry / Clare Mulley by Mulley, Clare. St. Martin's Press, 2017. Call #: 940.544943 M958w Subjects Reitsch, Hanna.   Stauffenberg, Melitta, Gräfin, 1903-1945.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Germany.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Role of women.   Air pilots, Military -- Germany -- Biography.   Women air pilots -- Germany -- Biography.   Women and war -- Germany -- History.   Aeronautical engineers -- Germany -- Biography.   Iron Cross -- Biography. ISBN:  9781250063670 (hc.) Edition:  First U.S. edition Description:  xxiii, 470 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-453) and index Contents:  Preface: Truth and lives -- Longing for freedom, 1903-1932 -- Searching for the fabulous, 1912-1933 -- Public relations, 1933-1936 -- Public appointments, 1936-1937 -- Hovering, 1938 -- Descent, 1938-1939 -- Women at war, 1939-1941 -- Defying gravity, 1942-1943 -- Under attack, 1943 -- Operation Self-Sacrifice, 1943-1944 -- Operation Valkyrie, 1944 -- In the camps, 1944 -- In the bunker, 1945 -- Final flight, 1945 -- Liberation and detention, 1945-1946 -- Reputations -- Epilogue: A time of contradictions Summary:  "Despite Hitler's dictates on women's place being in the home, two fiercely defiant female pilots were awarded the Iron Cross during the Second World War. Other than this unique distinction and a passion for flying that bordered on addiction, these women could not have been less alike. One was Aryan Nazi poster-girl Hanna Reitsch, an unsurpassed pilot, who is now best-known for being the last person to fly into Berlin under siege in April 1945, in order to beg Hitler to let her save him. He refused and killed himself two days later. The other pilot was her antithesis, a brilliant aeronautical engineer and test-pilot Melitta Schenk Grafin von Stauffenberg who was part Jewish. She used her value to the Luftwaffe as a means to protect her family. When her brother-in-law, Claus von Stauffenberg, planned the Valkyrie attack to assassinate the Fuehrer, she agreed to provide the transport. Both women repeatedly risked their lives to change the history of the Third Reich - one in support of and the other in opposition. Their interwoven dramas are a powerful forgotten story of conformity and resistance and the very strength of women at the heart of the Second World War"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.544943 M958w Core Collection - Adult Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.544943 M958w Adult books Checked out Jul 23, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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