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Why German Soldiers Called These Soviet Women Pilots 'Night Witches'

In the frozen skies over the Eastern Front, German soldiers feared a sound more than bombs. A soft whoosh in the darkness. No engines. No warning. Just explosions. They called them “Nachthexen” — the Night Witches. Flying wooden biplanes slower than a car, Soviet women pilots carried out relentless night bombing missions against German positions. No guns. No armor. No parachutes. Just courage, precision, and psychological warfare. They flew up to 18 missions a night, cutting their engines to glide silently before dropping bombs by hand. This isn’t legend. It’s documented history — from Soviet archives, German diaries, and firsthand accounts. World War II wasn’t just fought by tanks and generals. Sometimes, it was fought by teenagers in canvas planes, refusing to let an army sleep.