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Unsung Heroes

The Night Witches: Soviet Women Who Flew Plywood Biplanes Into Nazi Anti-Aircraft Fire Every Night for Four Years

588th Night Bomber Regiment (Night Witches), Major Marina Raskova

The 588th Night Bomber Regiment — all female — flew obsolete Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes on night bombing raids against German positions. They cut their engines ne...

Resistance Fighters

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose: The 21-Year-Old Student Guillotined for Dropping Leaflets

Sophie Scholl (b. May 9, 1921 – d. February 22, 1943) and Hans Scholl, White Rose

On February 18, 1943, Munich university student Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans were caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets by shoving a stack off a balcony....