I think the Russians drafted a hell of a lot of young women into the Red Army, as well. They had women on the frontlines, getting shot up, as bad as the guys.

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dotancohen 15 hours ago | parent [-]

I had absolutely no idea!

Any old Russian woman (I mostly know Russians, not many from other Soviet states) will tell of the shortage of men. I never heard of the women on the front lines, I'll ask about that. I'm afraid we don't have much time to learn these things any more.

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ChrisMarshallNY 14 hours ago | parent [-]

This is not something that I have studied (thus the “I think”), but Stalin did “meat wave” attacks, long before Putin. It worked, but at terrible cost. I think he grabbed everyone he could, but mostly men, I would imagine. Maybe women volunteered, but weren't drafted. I do know they had them in the frontlines. You actually see them, in old footage.

I do know that he had women combat pilots. I think there was a movie, made about that.

	▲	dotancohen 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I will definitely look into this, thank you very much.