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doctors veterinarians tor special service.*- The other *omm scrv-ins with ihr rfrab»t»ni unit* »r» volunteer*, and are under the authority of the General Red Army administration 1 The pre-war attitude or the Gov-. eroment was agamat active parti-' clpation Dv women in rtghllng ™ Bu' the women teemed to have ■ taken mutter? into their own n hand? If the army would not have p them they would fight a' partl-J -*011 Within a month of thr Ger-f man invasion report* of women fighting a« partisans came through p Trie 18-year-old girl guerilla l Tania ' 'Zova Koamodooiyan-I skaya* became a national heroine- and whan shr wax flnailv raptureori tortured bv the Germans, a nr i nanged ihouaand* of women awor**- to avenge herp Tlir offlriai polio teem* to hate changed. and m Leningrad, for In-V -tance. appeals were made to p women to learn to handle machine -r auns. mortat. Acc Thousands of t the women on collective farm** learned ro uae machine-gun* and i trained m the art of sniping --In* ca.lt;e their homes were over-run1 Ludmila Pavlichenko. the snipei p who took part in the defence of p Sebastopol and nccounred for 309- Germans. ia world-famous Another well-known woman aoldicr is Nina Anilova a machine-gunner who claims more than VW) German victims. The rest of the world Is apt to regard these women as freaks but tne soviet treats them exactly like other soldiers and make* use or their skill as instructorsIt was reported recently that one young aoman lieutenant wa« training 35 girls 85 anipers. Two women have trained 10.000 reservesbomber^ Many other aiwomen have received decora* loifor 1O0 operational flights and m»rard«But it is ol course in i Htixiiinrv rapamy as everyihli from telephonists to mechanic thpi the women are serving in tl greatest numbers The Red Am Medical Corps if now staffed ar run almost entirely by women Tl nurses go into ac*jon They ha to if they are rn be of real ervii in a climate where wounded mi die in ten mmute if left una 'endedTheit activity ui the firing in nas reaulted in 60 to 70 p.c wounded instead of 15 to 20 p* belna saved rhev have won hui dreds of decorationsAltogether 3.854 women ha been decorated for gaHantrv on tl battlefield Typical of these arottM volunteers is Ptrs.t Aid Instruct Dorofeyeva who carried 42 mi under Are in a single action, .'t Zoya Shes’nveva who had her )i shattered when carrying her 21 man- and his anti-tank rif Typical also is the fact that no after several operations she working again In a Moscow no*p talThesr fact*- »nd figures are gm not to suggest that other natloi could or 'hould mobilise ?h* aomen in the same way but »io ply to show the ;ogiral results true equality between men at women German rommen’atri have again and again asiced. a moat In bewilderment. Where lt;rhe Ruasians get ro mam toldirr« The answer to a great extenr in the total mobilisation of tJv women, who have repJared men every lob
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Adelaide Advertiser
Adelaide, South Australia, AU
Sat, Mar 18, 1944
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