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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 ...
Girl soldiers, also referred to as female child soldiers, [1] girls in fighting forces [2] [3] or girls associated with an armed force or armed group (GAAFAG), [4] have been recruited by armed forces and groups in the majority of conflicts in which child soldiers are used. A wide range of rough estimates of their percentage among child soldiers ...
During the War in Afghanistan, FSK commanders saw an operational need for female operators who would be able to communicate directly with women to gather intelligence and build community relations as male operators were forbidden from speaking to women due to religious and cultural constraints.
Male reindeer are also called bull or stag, and female reindeer are referred to as cows. Male reindeer are distinguished from females by their larger stature, tougher hooves, and more impressive ...
Here's a Christmas theory: Santa's sleigh is pulled by all female reindeer! If you wonder why female reindeer have antlers, here's the scientific explanation.
Reindeer in the Old World. ... Only female reindeer would have the antlers — and the stamina to pull a sleigh with one jolly fat man — during the deepest days of winter.
Born in 1924 as Mariya Limanskaya, she joined the Red Army in 1942, at the height of World War II. She was 18. [3] [4] At that time the Soviet Stavka ("high command") increasingly lacked trained reserves to reinforce the entire 2,000-kilometre (1,200 mi) front, and as a result began to conscript underage boys and girls. [5]
Viktoria Savs (27 June 1899 in Bad Reichenhall - 31 December 1979 in Salzburg) served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War disguised as a man. She was one of two known female soldiers on the Austrian front lines (the other was Stephanie Hollenstein).