Formed during World War II, the Soviet Union’s 588th Night Bomber Regiment was entirely female, including the pilots and ground and support crews. They were equipped with slow, outdated wood-and-canvas biplanes. The “Night Witches,” as the Germans called them, flew more than 24,000 missions.

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7 Women Warriors

When courage is in short supply, we look outside ourselves to find it. Sometimes a good book or film will rouse it, or a quiet place, or the example of another person. Hushpuppy, the six-year-old heroine of the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild, is one such inspiration. When her father, to help her