About the book: 1970 / This book is about the feat of several thousand Ural Komsomol girls who, in the very first months of the Great Patriotic War, at the call of the Komsomol Central Committee, voluntarily joined the army. They were sent to the air defense units of the capital. Girls from the Urals: machine gunners, balloonists, signalmen, artillerymen and searchlight operators - defended the skies of Moscow from fascist aviation. The author of the book, writer I. Davydov, talks about the fate of the Ural girls volunteers, reveals the heroism and beauty of their collective feat. The book is designed for everyone who is interested the history of the Great Patriotic War: both those who participated in it and those who are now getting acquainted with the feat of their fathers and mothers.