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The women who flew for Hitler a true story of soaring ambition and searing rivalry

"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...

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Main Author: Mulley, Clare (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, [2017]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Reitsch, Hanna.
Stauffenberg, Melitta, > Gräfin, > 1903-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Germany.
Air pilots, Military > Germany > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of 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
  • Liberation and detention, 1945-1946
  • Reputations
  • Epilogue: A time of contradictions.

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