Anna Alexandrovna Timofeeva-Egorova was born on 23 September 1916. After attending school she had hoped to learn to fly but this wish was delayed due to one of her brother’s becoming a victim of the Communist security system, which deemed him an “enemy of the people”. After a number of setbacks Anna learned to fly, and during the first part of the Great Patriotic War flew Po-2 biplanes for the 130th Aviation Signals Squadron, being shot down three times. She then switched to flying the fearsome Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft with the 805th Ground Attack Regiment (805 ShAP), 197th Ground Attack Division. Anna flew approximately 270 combat missions before being shot down in the summer of 1944, being severely injured and taken prisoner by the Germans. Thanks to her determination, and the skill, dedication, care and kindness of numerous individuals, she made a remarkable recovery and was liberated when the Soviets overran her POW camp near Kustrin in 1945. However, her troubles were not over, as the Soviet authorities initially believed her to be a traitor and collaborator and subjected her to 11 days of continuous interrogations. She was released, although her injuries were such that was medically discharged from the Air Force in 1945. She continued to fight to clear her name after the war—she was eventually reinstated into the Communist Party and in 1965 finally received the award of “Hero of the Soviet Union”. She died in October 2009.
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In the Fire of the Eastern Front. The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer on the Eastern Front 1941-45 Hendrik C. Verton ISBN 9781907677403 
Panzer Lehr Division 1944-45 (Helion WWII German Military Studies Volume I) Edited and translated by Dr. Frederick P. Steinhardt ISBN 9781907677151 
Adventures in my Youth. A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941- 1945 Armin Scheiderbauer ISBN 9781907677496 
Sniping in France 1914-18. With Notes on the Scientific Training of Scouts, Observers, and Snipers Major H Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC ISBN 9781907677427 
Twilight of the Gods. A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer’s Experiences with the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division ‘Nordland’, Eastern Front 1944-45 Thorolf Hillblad ISBN 9781907677410 
To the Bitter End. The Final Battles of Army Groups A, North Ukraine, Centre-Eastern Front, 1944-45 Rolf Hinze ISBN 9781907677281 
Penalty Strike. The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander 1943- 45 Alexander V. Pyl’cyn ISBN 9781907677533 
Red Star Airacobra. Memoirs of a Soviet Fighter Ace 1941–45 Soviet Memories of War, Volume 2 Evgeniy Mariinskiy ISBN 9781907677540 
Secrets of the Cold War. US Army Europe’s Intelligence & Counterintelligence Activities Against the Soviets During the Cold War Leland C. McCaslin ISBN 9781907677526 
Mussolini’s War. Fascist Italy’s Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935-45 Frank Joseph ISBN 9781907677519 
Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September 1941 Volume 1 The German Advance, The Encirclement Battle, and the First and Second Soviet Counteroffensives, 10 July-24 August 1941 David M. Glantz ISBN 9781907677502 Forthcoming eBooks from Helion & Company
The Battle of Spicheren August 1870
Expanded edition with new essay and bibliography by Duncan Rogers
Major G.F.R. Henderson
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* * * The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 Volume 1: The Campaign of Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the Overthrow of the Second Empire
Quintin Barry
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* * * The Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 Volume 2: After Sedan. Helmuth von Moltke and the Defeat of the Government of National Defence
Quintin Barry
