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2. Women in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Several hundred thousand women served in combat roles, especially in anti-aircraft units. The Soviet Union integrated women directly into their army units; approximately one million served in the Red Army, including about at least 50,000 on the frontlines; Bob Moore noted that "the Soviet Union was the only major power to use women in front-line roles," [2]: 358, 485 The United States, by ...

3. Women in the Russian and Soviet military - Wikipedia

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   But in the Soviet Union women fought also in front line roles. 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 ...

4. American women in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Rosie the Riveter (Westinghouse poster, 1942). The image became iconic in the 1980s. American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.

5. Anne ‘asked pertinent questions’ about women in WW2 navy ...

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   Anne ‘asked pertinent questions’ about women in WW2 navy, says veteran. Rosie Shead, PA. ... worked as a radio operator on D-Day at 17 years old to relay messages to the frontline on the ...

6. 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 ...

7. Soviet women in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) Noggle, Anne (1994). A Dance With Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. Pennington, Reina. Wings, Women, and War: Soviet Airwomen in World War II Combat (2007) excerpt and text search ISBN 0-7006-1145-2 ...

8. Timeline of women in warfare in the United States from 1950 ...

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   1950-1953: (): Women who were in the Reserves were recalled to active duty.More than 500 Army nurses served in various areas and theaters of the war. [1] [2]Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil, USAF, who had already made 250 evacuation flights (23 of which were transatlantic) during World War II, made 175 evacuation flights during the Korean War.

9. United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve - Wikipedia

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   Women Marines in World War II. Marine Corps Historical Center. Pamphlet page numbers: 1 through 20. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Stremlow, Colonel Mary V., USMCR (Ret). "Free A Marine to Fight" (PDF). Women Marines in World War II. Marine Corps ...