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The Women Who Flew For Hitler The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries

MULLEY, Clare

London: Macmillan, 2017. Octavo, red hardcover, xxiii, 470 pp., eight double-sided plates, maps. A fine copy in dust jacket. An account of two German women, Hannah Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg, who became pioneer test pilots and who were both awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich. This biography provides insights into Nazi Germany and its attitudes towards women, to class and to race. Item #2292

Price (AUD): $50.00