From May 19, 2021, SaltWire, Cape Breton "Cape Breton columnist pays tribute to forgotten Second World War contribution of Russian women" by David Delaney.
I sure did not know anything about this. But, wow!!
This column was about the frontline fighting Soviet women during the Second World War, or as the USSR called it, the Great Patriotic War.
In both the Red Army and the Soviet Air Force, women served in the infantry and artillery units, drove the vaunted T-34 tanks, flew as fighter and bomber pilots and engaged in the lonely and dangerous roles of snipers.
Also, 46% of all frontline doctors in the Soviet military were women.
One area in which the women stood out in was that of snipers where 2,484 served. An analysis of their role said that women were more "patient, methodical and cunning" than their male counterparts.
I Had No Idea They Played Such a Frontline Role in the War. --GreGen
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