Having received an excellent grade on her driving exam, she received her first tank on July 2nd, 1942: a light T-60. She became a certified skydiving instructor, but went down in history as a tanker. We will tell you of those that served in tank forces.Įkaterina dreamt of the sky since her childhood, wishing to become a pilot. Infantry, artillery, navy, there was no service branch that had no women soldiers or officers. 90 of them earned the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. In battle roles, shoulder to shoulder with men, 600 000 to one million women were fighting at different times. Medics, communications specialist, cooks, military police, there were millions.
There was no conflict that saw more women serve than the Great Patriotic War.
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