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Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2

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Post by mbrd »

msabalau wrote: post #3

There is also a (very niche) TTRPG about the Night Witches by Jason Morningstar.

And also a board game that I'm looking forward to coming in Fall 2026 by Liz Davidson and David Thompson (art by Ian O'Toole): https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388558/night-witches

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Post by oliculipolicula »

gustavus wrote: post #2

Sabaton, a swedish historical power metal band, also wrote a song about these women if you're into that kind of thing. https://www.sabaton.net/discography/heroes/night-witches/

https://youtu.be/0VGqHPeMoEA

And if you are into all kinds of things

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delichon wrote: post #8
bebe9494i4 wrote: post #5

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From a military perspective, fertile women are also useful for producing more soldiers, logistics workers, and taxpayers, making males preferrable draftees where their warfighting qualities are similar. Russia has suffered ~1.4M casualties in Ukraine. If around half of those were fertile women it would increase the rate of their current demographic collapse by several percentage points.

Also, men are just physically stronger, which makes them more effective as infantry forces. The advent of mechanical warfare and the creation of roles like pilot or sensor technician or satellite operator which don’t require physical strength have provided a lot more opportunities for women to serve effectively in conflict.

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delichon wrote: post #8
bebe9494i4 wrote: post #5

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From a military perspective, fertile women are also useful for producing more soldiers, logistics workers, and taxpayers, making males preferrable draftees where their warfighting qualities are similar. Russia has suffered ~1.4M casualties in Ukraine. If around half of those were fertile women it would increase the rate of their current demographic collapse by several percentage points.

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Post by derektank »

In the US and the UK, members of the WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) and the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) numbered in the tens of thousands, where they served as switchboard operators, air traffic controllers, and deployed barrage balloons. They occasionally got close to combat, the UK’s Flying Nightingales who served as air-ambulance nurses, first flew into Normandy just a week after D-Day to evacuate servicemembers injured during the initial assault. Both countries also employed many female aviators as training and cargo pilots, but they were almost all civilian employees of the armed forces unlike members of the WAAC and WAAF.

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Post by delichon »

bebe9494i4 wrote: post #14
delichon wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a military perspective, fertile women are also useful for producing more soldiers, logistics workers, and taxpayers, making males preferrable draftees where their warfighting qualities are similar. Russia has suffered ~1.4M casualties in Ukraine. If around half of those were fertile women it would increase the rate of their current demographic collapse by several percentage points.

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So when they get pregnant at the last moment their training is wasted and a soldier is lost. And if they don't get pregnant with the right timing, they get fed into a meat grinder at the front? It seems suboptimal.

And if the survival of your culture depends on forcing women to breed on fear of death, better if it doesn't.

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Post by alecsm »

cl3misch wrote: post #19

From the depths of hell in silence Cast their spells, explosive violence Russian night time flight perfected Flawless vision, undetected (Sabaton)

That's the first thing that came to my mind after reading the title.

It may seem a joke but you actually can learn history with Sabaton.

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