Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Russian Night Witches of WWII
YouTube ^ | Wars Of The World

Posted on 08/05/2021 12:40:09 PM PDT by OneVike

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last
One glaring problem about the narration, is they mention the fight between Fascism and Socialism. Umm excuse me, but that would be the war of Socialism vs Communism. To ideologies that are so much alike that the only difference is who gets to have their name on the title of the property or business owned.

However I digress, I am sharing this video because I find that those who fight real wars deserve my respect. Regardless of the side they fight. Often times the warriors who fight for what they believe in are usually clueless of what their leaders are really like.
Besides, these women are like many American men and women through the years fought an died for their country. Unlike todays so called heroes who brag about the bruises they received in a kids game they make millions of dollars to play.
1 posted on 08/05/2021 12:40:09 PM PDT by OneVike
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: OneVike

So who was making the sandwiches while this foolishness was going on?


2 posted on 08/05/2021 12:42:53 PM PDT by humblegunner
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

this piece is trying to say they unfairly or unjustly ignored the women, but then refutes itself by saying communism does that to everyone it uses up and discards.

they were actually treated equally, communism does this to everyone. nothing to complain about. there are plenty more groups of soviet men discarded that no one has ever heard about, that have never gotten one inch of press.


3 posted on 08/05/2021 12:46:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

In the Flying Heritage Collection (Paine Field Everett WA), that was founded by Paul G Allen, there is a fully restored “Nightwitch” era Polikarpov U-2/Po-2

http://flyingheritage.org/Explore/The-Collection/Russia/Polikarpov-U-2-Po-2.aspx


4 posted on 08/05/2021 12:47:50 PM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember metal toys in Cracker-Jacks.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: humblegunner

Food, what food? The only ones eating were those foolishly dying for Stalin. Everyone one else was expendable.

And they though it was bad under the Tzar. LOL.

One of the reasons Hitler was able to advance so far so fast was because Stalin was busy killing his own people in the 30’s to consolidate his power.

When Hitler came a calling, anyone who didn’t like Stalin’s rule were already dead or starving to death. That meant many who knew how to fly planes were already eliminated, because they were smart enough to know this Stalin guy was as crazy as Hitler.


5 posted on 08/05/2021 12:50:39 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: llevrok

Thanks.


6 posted on 08/05/2021 12:51:51 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: OneVike
And in doing so, they became crucial to the Soviets winning their portion of the war against Germany
7 posted on 08/05/2021 12:51:56 PM PDT by edwinland
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Secret Agent Man

I wrote it.

Basically, you are correct, but it’s a fact they refused to recognize their sacrifice for the war like they did for the men.

However, they still needed the men for their expansion across Eastern Europe, but the women were expendable and unneeded.


8 posted on 08/05/2021 12:54:06 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: OneVike
The tradition lives on!


9 posted on 08/05/2021 12:54:28 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

they’ve done the same thing to many different groups of men there as well

as you say thats what communism does

not saying its right, but they were treated equally as every group of men never recognized there


10 posted on 08/05/2021 1:01:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: humblegunner

I would gladly make some of them sandwiches.
Even cook breakfast for them.


11 posted on 08/05/2021 1:02:12 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

Brave Ladies.

Both Hitler and Stalin were monsters but Hitler was worse.

He wanted to exterminate the Russian people so they had no choice but to fight with everything they had.

That said, Stalin was a bast*d who probably murdered more people than Hitler.

Hope they enjoy hell together.


12 posted on 08/05/2021 1:05:39 PM PDT by crusher2013
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bonemaker

Attractive young women...did they put all the homely ones in the back?


13 posted on 08/05/2021 1:07:20 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: OneVike
And in doing so, they became crucial to the Soviets winning their portion of the war against Germany.

In spite of all we did in Wwii the Russians did considerably more of the the heavy lifting.

14 posted on 08/05/2021 1:21:43 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: humblegunner

If you are down to eating bread made from half flour and half sawdust and boiled shoe leather, not much demand for sandwiches.


15 posted on 08/05/2021 1:32:51 PM PDT by Cloverfarm (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

Sabaton did a song “Night Witches”.


16 posted on 08/05/2021 1:37:06 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

bookmark


17 posted on 08/05/2021 1:37:48 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

bookmark


18 posted on 08/05/2021 1:45:12 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

they became crucial to the Soviets winning their portion of the war against Germany.


Good Grief man, do you have any idea what the Russians did? They were the largest part of the war - and would have overrun Germany without the allied ground forces or D-Day. Did you ever read about the Battle of Kursk where hundreds of thousands of Russians died in that single battle? 26,400,000 Russian died in combat with the Germans. Their part - gees!


19 posted on 08/05/2021 1:46:03 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OneVike

There was a wonderful TV series about those heroines...

In part, it started because women supposedly have better night vision than men...

A Russian woman was the Soviets top sniper...

150,000 Russian women & children (working 8-hrs per day, 7-days per week) dug the trenches/tank traps/pill boxes around Leningrad...


20 posted on 08/05/2021 1:48:29 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-60 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson