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Night Witches
Nickname from the Germans for the Soviet Female Aviators
As in the first period of the Second World War there was a low population in the Red Army for the task that the Germans were going to offer for attacking the motherland. Using their blitzkrieg tactic it was very difficult for the red army to protect Russia because of the shire size of land, they did not have enough soldiers to defend so many borders. As the red army was not ready for this war yet they had to take advantage of everything they had at hand.
With most men gone onto the battlefield, the red army required air superiority not only to gain intelligence but also, to dominate German infantry. As I have mentioned in my previous article about a certain Women sniper, the red army was the only army at the time to allow women to join and fight alongside men no matter what division.
What the red army was in a low supply of at that time (1940) were aviators. Many women have started to take a shot at the aviation project that had great success as the planes used were still more towards the WW1 era so they were easy…
