Originally posted by brad1798
i dont think they would introduce a female charecter because, correct me if im wrong, females were not aloud into war during world war 2
no thants not true ok kind of,the USA and England did not use females in any combat,only as nurses,cooks,working in radar stations used to track incoming enemy bomber formations,even Secret Agents
found this on the web:Women were also used as secret agents. They were members of SOE (Special Operations Executive) and were usually parachuted into occupied France or landed in special Lysander planes. Their work was exceptionally dangerous as just one slip could lead to capture, torture and death. Their work was to find out all that they could to support the Allies for the planned landings in Normandy in June 1944. The most famous female SOE members were Violette Szabo and Odette Churchill. Both were awarded the George Cross for the work they did - the George Cross is the highest bravery award that a civilian can get. Both were captured and tortured. Violette Szabo was murdered by the Gestapo while Odette Churchill survived the war.
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and i russia women fought on the front lines
pulled this of of the history channels website
But there were exceptions. One estimate is that 58,000 women served in front line combat units during WW2.
• Lydia Vasilievna Sitalskaya, was a combat infantry communications Corporal and received the “Order of Glory”. Here, she describes an action in which she took five prisoners-of-war. "We went into the village to find them. Another communications officer and I had radios and so when the shooting started, our soldiers came to help us. Then I was left alone and I had to lead the five German prisoners. When they realized I was the only one there, a woman, they started running through the field. I took a gun and killed three of them. I could do nothing else."
• Lydia Sokolova- Korchmar was a sniper. Here she describes one experience. "The Germans were so close...I started shooting. They were so close that I thought if I would aim higher, I might miss. So I aimed at their legs. That was the thing that saved me. They were falling down on me... The Germans thought I was dead."
Lance Corporal Maria Ivanova Morozova was a sniper with the Soviet 62nd Rifle Battalion. She won 11 combat decorations.
Women also served as tank drivers (example, Alexandra Beikov); partisans (examples: Liza Ivanova and Vera Krylova both led Partisan units); and combat-area spies (example, Maria Baide, a scout in the Crimea. She was awarded Russia's highest honor, Hero of the Soviet Union).
“Elizabeth” has mentioned the “Night Witches” of the Russian Air Force. Actually, three Russian combat air squadrons were entirely crewed by women: 586th Fighter (Il-2’s); 587th Close Bomber (Su-2’s); 588th Night Bomber (U-2’s).