Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2

(en.wikipedia.org)

33 points | by gverrilla 3 days ago

5 comments

  • HelloUsername 3 minutes ago
    In the Apple TV series "Star City" the head of the KGB surveillance department is referred to as the "Night Witch"
  • msabalau 34 minutes ago
    There is also a (very niche) TTRPG about the Night Witches by Jason Morningstar.
    • jpmoral 29 minutes ago
      Love the premise but couldn't get the night phase to work when I ran a one-shot. It quickly became repetitive thought that may have been just my lack of experience with the game.
  • archerx 17 minutes ago
    “An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their presence. Allegedly, German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and hence named the pilots "Night Witches".”

    That’s an interesting story behind the name.

  • gustavus 44 minutes ago
    Sabaton, a swedish historical power metal band, also wrote a song about these women if you're into that kind of thing.

    https://www.sabaton.net/discography/heroes/night-witches/

  • bebe9494i4 21 minutes ago
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    • delichon 9 minutes ago
      From a military perspective, fertile women are also useful for producing more soldiers, logistics workers, and taxpayers, making males preferrable draftees where their warfighting qualities are similar.

      Russia has suffered ~1.4M casualties in Ukraine. If around half of those were fertile women it would increase the rate of their current demographic collapse by several percentage points.

    • zulban 13 minutes ago
      No need to put down men to talk about how awesome this women's pilot team sounds.