Was there a All women fighting force once? (war, bomb, German)

[Almeida93]

Whether it was an Army or maybe a group of women who took up arms against mistreatment or something?

[Votre_Chef]

Originally Posted by Almeida93

Whether it was an Army or maybe a group of women who took up arms against mistreatment or something?

Women's Battalion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[jtemple507]

I am a huge World War II buff, and I can tell you that in both World Wars, the Soviets especially used women often as "specialists", such as a sniper, tank crew, pilot in a fighter, etc. Often they did their job better than the men in similar positions.

[Grandstander]

In WW II there was the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, and called by their Nazi victims, "The Night Witches."

It was an all women's night bombing unit who flew the 1928 designed A Polikarpov Po-2 bi-planes.


They flew low and at night, and their maximum speeds were slower than the stalling speeds of the modern German fighters, making them extremely difficult to shoot down. In order to save weight so that the old aircraft could carry another bomb, the women wore no parachutes.

At full strength the regiment was composed of 40 pilots and 40 bombardiers. They flew 23,000 sorties, thirty of the pilots and crew were killed.

Night Witch Pilots Being Briefed

[erasure]

Originally Posted by jtemple507

I am a huge World War II buff, and I can tell you that in both World Wars, the Soviets especially used women often as "specialists", such as a sniper, tank crew, pilot in a fighter, etc. Often they did their job better than the men in similar positions.

"Used" wouldn't be a correct word in this case, because women were never required to serve in the army in Soviet times. They were all volunteers, and the overwhelming majority of them were nurses, not "tank crews." The night bombing unit was probably the only exception, although women snipers were not unheard of.