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People being an important word here. Russian woman fought well.
by quickthrower2 3y ago
People being an important word here. Russian woman fought well.
- huytersd 3y ago[flagged]
- quickthrower2 3y agoNot really: it is noteworthy in the historical context.
- aebtebeten 3y agoI'm probably just being obtuse, but I fail to see how one justifies either "false" or lack of "equivalency"? Hath not a gal eyes? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as their brother is? If you prick them, do they not bleed? If you expend them, do they not die? (eg Lyudmila Pavlichenko's ~1'500 sister snipers who died fighting Nazis)
- huytersd 3y ago20 million vs a couple of thousand is not worth mentioning. At that point you should start mentioning the hundreds of sub Saharan Africans that fought with the Soviets.
- 082349872349872 3y agoThe difference is that soviet women served in combat units, including as decorated air aces. Yes, in small numbers* compared to their brothers, but according to https://americansoldierww2.org/topics/women-and-gender https://americansoldierww2.org/topics/women-and-gender the ~500 female US war deaths were not in action on front lines. * I'm having trouble finding OOB for the combat units, but they would face a division by 0 were one to compare to US female combat units.
- huytersd 3y agoThe sub Saharans from Comintern also fought in combat roles, what’s your point?