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has gloss | eng: The 1077th Anti-aircraft Regiment under Colonel Raiynin, was a unit of the Stalingrad Air Defense Corps of the Soviet Air Defence Force which fought during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. The Stalingrad Air Defense Corps was part of the Stalingrad Military District and later subordinated to the Stalingrad Front during the battle for the city. The regiment, like many of the anti-aircraft units, was made up almost entirely of young women volunteers, barely out of high school. They are mostly known for their bravery in the defense of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), when they engaged an advancing Panzer division by setting their guns to the lowest elevation and firing them horizontally. |
lexicalization | eng: 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
instance of | c/All-female units and formations |
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