A war is an awful event that changes people and turns the human world upside-down. Below are photos of Soviet women who made a contribution in termination of sorrow and grief protecting their Motherland equally with men during WWII.
Soviet women who expressed their willingness to be sent to the front line.
Red Army magazine photoreporter next to the crashed German Junkers Ju 87.
A Soviet shooter is loading a gun with ammunition.
The rifle of the sleeping sanitary instructor was repaired under the field conditions.
A Soviet signalwoman next to the Brandenburg gates.
Health workers of a rifle division. The people are wearing German helmets as during the first days after the Victory administration of the rifle decided to carry out an inspection and not enough Soviet helmets were available. After the inspection the German helmets had never been used again.
An operator of the German position finding device.
For a short period of time the machine gunner managed to destroy several fire posts.
A Soviet shooter.
Sailors of the German fleet.
An observer of the Moscow air defense.
A group of shooters.
A pilot of A-22 Boston.
Commander of the aviation unit that consisted of women only declares a mission. She proved that women could handle airplanes not worse than men.
During WWII girls who were 19-20 years old acted not only like nurses but also as shooters.
A shooter, 1944.
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1. pic. 2nd woman from the right, looks a bit displeased at the other girl, for some reason, jealous ??
9th or 10th pic down of a soviet shooter, the smiling girl looks too young. I think she falsified her age (put it up) to be allowed to jion.
Female snipers faced a fate far worse than their male counterparts who were simply executed if caught, I don’t think I need to go into specifics here about that, but I doubt any woman would want to be taken alive by the enemy.
Germany and Russia are friends
Not ‘shooter.’ What you mean is SNIPER – Russian uses the same word. Yes, women are involved in war just as much as men. When men go mad, no-one is safe. It’s good to see from the many posts here that Russia is cheerfully preparing for the next war.
why is there a photo of german girls in this collection? I mean they are pretty and all, but the posting is supposed to be about the russian girls who helped defend the motherland.
the photo of the 2 german navy girls, the guy behind looks like he is in russian clothes. maybe they were captured
Glorious women fighting for righteous cause only to be sent to GULAGs after the war.
“A pilot of A-22 Boston” What is this aircraft??
The Douglas DB-7/A-20 Havoc was the most-produced attack bomber during World War II. A total of 7,477 DB-7/A-20s were built, most at Douglas, although 380 were built at the Boeing plant in Seattle, Wash. The Havoc was a mid-wing, twin-engine, three-place medium bomber that earned a reputation for getting its crews home, even when both crew and aircraft suffered crippling blows. It was called the “Boston” when it was built for England’s Royal Air Force….More than half of the DB-7/A-20s built went into service in other countries, predominantly the Soviet Union.
Just one point. Almost 12,000 Pe-2′s were built.
The war is horrible thing…I hope most of these girls survived it..
The blond in pic one was sooo sexy, and she was a ‘shooter’ – infantry?
That observer on the roof, that photo looks like she’s a giant in the street. Very weird looking.
“Not worse than men…” I love it.
Yes George she does look like a giant, an odd perspective.
Woman warrior is a contradiction in terms (like “good millionaire”).
People like Tamara Bunke and Ulrike Meinhod would have something to say about that! In my country, I’m pleased the Australian Army is finally allowing women into combat positions.
This is one of the most famous shooters in Soviet Army, Czech Marie Ljalková: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Ljalkov%C3%A1
“A war is an awful event” Not for the anticommunist-fascist.They love misery and enjoy killing that war brings.Fascism and anticommunism is the same,only diferent name.Diferent look but same smell .
Communism was built on the bones of those ‘destroyed’ by Marx/Lenin/Stalin.
Communism has destroyed 100′s of MILLION’s of people without including war’s.
This country is DEPRESSING without end.
You are depressing Mercal. GO AWAY !
Where are you from?
I am curious about the sound tracking system,this is a first for me. I am off to search it out.
if You want to know more… So, Read a great book of Svetlana Alexievitch about the women in the Great Patriotic War… “War has not a woman face”…
Respect for them… girls… and boys too…