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  2. Women in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Campbell, D'Ann. "The Women of World War II" in Thomas W. Zeiler, and Daniel M. DuBois, eds. A Companion to World War II (2 vol 2015) 2:717–738; Cook, Bernard A. Women and war: a historical encyclopedia from antiquity to the present (ABC-CLIO 2006) Cottam, K. Jean (1980). "Soviet Women in Combat in World War II: The Ground Forces and the Navy".

  3. Women in the military in Europe - Wikipedia

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    By the early 1990s, 100,000 women made up 3% of the Soviet Armed Forces. During the Second World War, the Soviet Union had a female military strength of over one million women who served as snipers, machine gunners, and tank crew members. Very few of these women, however, were ever promoted to officers.

  4. Category : Female resistance members of World War II

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    Pages in category "Female resistance members of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 276 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. Military ranks of women's services in WWII - Wikipedia

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    The Military ranks of Women's Services in WWII are the military insignia used by the various all female military services and units during World War II.

  6. Women in the Russian and Soviet military - Wikipedia

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    Over 800,000 women served in the Soviet armed forces in World War II, mostly as medics and nurses, which is over 3 percent of total personnel; nearly 200,000 of them were decorated. 89 of them eventually received the Soviet Union’s highest award, the Hero of the Soviet Union, they served as pilots, snipers, machine gunners, tank crew members ...

  7. Category:Women in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Women in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 227 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. Soviet women in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Soviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union). While most worked in industry, transport, agriculture and other civilian roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and increase military production, a sizable number of women served in the army.

  9. Women in combat - Wikipedia

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    "The women of World War II." in A Companion to World War II ed. by Thomas W. Zeiler(2013) 2:717–738. online; Cook, Bernard. Women and War: Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present (2006) Cottam, K. Jean. "Soviet Women in Combat in World War II: The Ground Forces and the Navy," International Journal of Women's Studies (1980) 3#4 ...