Soviet women on the frontline in the Second World War
By: Roger D. Markwick, Euridice Charon Cardona
Contributors: Cardona, Euridice Charon, 1965-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780230579521
Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Campaigns; Women in war; World War, 1939-1945; Female Participation; Women soldiers; HISTORY / Military / World War II; History
Description: "More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction; title: The Making of the Frontovichki; title: 'War is not women's business'; title: Sisters of Mercy; title: 'Falcons' and 'Witches'; title: Behind Enemy Lines; title: Mass Mobilization; title: Women's Volunteer Rifle Brigade; title: The Sniper Movement; title: Epilogue: Half-hidden from History; title: Bibliography & Sources.