Women In World War Ii

Women in World War II

In this work a study of female participation in World War II will be carried out, an event that caused great controversy in the history of the twentieth century. This conflict occurred between 1939-1945 between axis countries and allies, causing a struggle, leaving millions of people killed worldwide and marking the history of humanity. The objective of this investigation is to analyze how the Soviet woman participated in World War II?

The war has no woman’s face

It was written by the journalist Alexivich Svetlana who was born in Belarus in 1948, published in 2013 he achieved a Nobel Prize in 2015. It is secondary source since it was created based on interviews;What does this reliable work is that the Svetlana journalist lived in her life in Russia and did interviews to argue her research. This information allows you to have extensive knowledge of the female contribution in the military conflict in 1939-1945. The purpose of the source is to determine the heroic participation of women in the war, as workers and combatants obtaining experience as agents, guerrillas, aviators and in the manufacture of armaments. A limitation is that the author of this source was not present in the events treated in the investigation, so when the years after the objectivity of the interviews conducted to the people who were found in that context could have been lost .

Heroines of World War II

Written by author Kathry J. Atwood an American man who studied at the University of Illinois, she is an expert in American culture and was dedicated to creating songs in war times which was an impulse for her to enter the role of US women during the great conflicts.

This source was published in 2008 with the aim of analyzing the different activities that the woman was able to collaborate to her country of origin, they had a great unemployment in several areas such as: rescue, health, espionage direct confrontations, among others .It is a secondary source because the author has performed analysis and compilations on the history of courageous women, using methods such as the accurate interviews of women who were involved in this fight, the situation that each country lived and howThe struggle of Nazism. Based on this, we affirm that the value of this source is the analysis that makes third parties based on what is novel, this helps to better understand the historical past by leaving an extensive knowledge of a free analysis of female participation in theSecond World War. A limitation is that the author of this source was not present in the events treated in the investigation, in addition the testimonies could be manipulated by the author and only show their point of view.

Research

Women in World War II had a very relevant participation throughout this event not only in the combat area but also in the human field by saving the Jews, despite putting their lives in danger of them they helped them go outof German atrocities. In Fuente Dos, it makes us known that these beautiful ladies were involved in activities in resistance work, to serve the homeland did not influence economic position, on the contrary, women participated such as: adolescents, university and wives, allThey were very different from each other but with a common thing: Hitler’s acts angered. Source 1 indicates that Soviet women showed love for the country and fought against those of the axis with the aim of achieving peace and tranquility in their country. Usually dry only men can participate, without EMARGO, a female war is more atrocious than a struggle where male sex, Maria Nikolaievna, the oldest head of transmissions of the body of shooters states that ‘becoming soldiers intervene was not aeasy task’. In Russia women unlike men yearned to participate in the army without fear of death as, it was the case of Nadezhda Vasilievna who expresses the following "to die … I was not afraid to die. For my youth, maybe … death surrounds us, death is always by our side, but I didn’t think about it ”.

Ksenia Sergueievna Osadcheva, administrator soldier who said that when she had completed the age of majority two weeks later the war began, she and her group of friends went to build a gagra-sujumi railway to facilitate transport in times of struggles, those acts andThat desire to cooperate everything is really those who succeed the country with a united town. These women when entering the army had to make several sacrifices such as: cut their hair regardless of criticism and leaving their past being a beautiful very long hair ladies losing their feminine identity and feeling as men, this act is a representation of courage and courageLove of the homeland due to the drastic changes in their image, other of the sacrifices they suffered was having to abandon his family for a long time, Albina Aleksandrovna, Sergeant First, recognition troops tells us the following “I do not remember myMother … In my memory there are only inaccurate shadows … some contours … her face, her silhouette when leaning over me " 

This case is one of the most courageous acts for the fact of separating from their family, without having any support or who to resort, the pain that parents felt when their daughter would not return those tears of grief would never dry. Another immolation was to endure hunger and thirst, and above all have to remain under low temperatures. The Soviet were the ones who stood out the most in defending their nation worldwide, they faced risky jobs such as going to the front and being a sniper. These girls entered the central committee of Komsomol* because the Germans were on the outskirts of Moscow briefly attended recruitment schools where they learned to shoot with the shotgun, throw grenades, start in intelligence work, give medical assistance, learn the codeDisciplinary, camouflage, defense against chemical weapons, also learned to mount and disassemble the rifle with bandaged eyes, to recognize the target movement, distance to the target, all this should have dominated for the time of combat being ready forsome counterattack movement, among other activities. All these girls struggled a lot, however their feelings caused confusion in themselves, they felt hatred for the pioneer of all this struggle ‘the fury’ and all their followers ‘the Nazis’ but there was something that comforted them and it was the desire to fightFor their territory, its people, their family and above all to live in tranquility. They longed to die heroically.

At the beginning they felt the fear of war with just listening to shots, taking a shotgun, in addition to just thinking that they should kill a living being was repulsive for these teenagers. These warriors had also experienced sabotage in clandestine institutions where they were demanded. They were also involved in the manufacture of weapons, this is a great contribution on the part of the female sex because while the men were in front of the BattleT-34 war tank that was the Russian Defense foundation, in the elaboration of weapons such as: radar, machine gun, and several more, also in aviation mechanics .They passed by these factories for long days, but also their role as a mother always prevailed, they never left, they gave time to work and attend their home. 

This feminine capacity was the foundation for war to continue and above all they obtained the victory. They also provided help to the sick This was a very common work in war, health instructions, doctors and surgeons. These young women attended people in very bad health conditions, observed the bones of the combatants who had wound. These girls knew how they should act theoretically but when they witnessed these facts they did not know how to handle it the impact they felt and fear, but they were filled with value and attended to their patients felt a comfort in completing the help as it was due. All these tasks were recognized with decorations to female courage.

In contrast to Russia when the United States declared war on Japan immediately its ally Germany declared war on the US, men and women were already in the struggles of the struggles. They formed organizations as Wac (Women Army Corp) ‘Army Women’s Corps’, there was also the Navy branch was called Waves (Women Accepthed for Volunteer Emergency Service) Women accepted for the emergency voluntary service . Jacqueline Cochran and Nancy Love, pilots had started the WAPS Air Training Course (Women Airforce Service Pilots) Women’s Pilot Service of the Air Forces .This entity was not part of the Air Forces, however, its objective was to fly airplanes to the American bases and from there the men of the air forces would lead to combat. The civilian women of this country also helped war effort. Hollywood artists provided concerts in the training and front fields to make the fighters feel hope and be glad for a moment.

As a conclusion, it can be affirmed that the participation of Soviet women in World WarFor the desire that all these atrocities will end and could feel peace and pride for their homeland, emphasizing this the allies obtained the victory thanks to the careful sacrificed and dangerous work that these women submitted regardless of losing their identity as ladies, so thisIt indicates that nothing stopped them and that nationalism influenced them by participating in an admirable way in every field of war and despite the fact that this conflict made the world trembled the women remained firm although at that time they were considered weak sex,thus showing the ability to start with all women in any field.

Reflection

The method used in this research has been analytical and investigative, experiences and stories of women combatants have been used. What I appreciated from these sources was the study and research that was carried out by the historian, this allowed me to have a wide knowledge of the heroines of the time and know how women really participated in the war thanks to the interviews that I investigategiving it a very large value because they went to characters that were in that context.

The challenge facing historians is to express the facts objectively being impartial since they cannot express their point of view and this is very complicated. Historians present challenges where they must have a deep investigation and based on a neutral criticism, without leaning to any of the perspectives, unlike scientists and mathematicians is that they have methods or processes to facilitate a study is less complex. The reliability of the sources can be evaluated according to where the information comes from if it is truthful, to do so to know whether or not to trust these analysis, it must also be analyzed by historian experts. In addition to this, the author’s data such as the year and nationality are taken into account since they give an idea of their veracity. When writing about history, it is not convenient to use terms of quality as ‘atrocity’ because it is presented subjectively and an investigation must cover logic but not feelings, in addition it can be overshadowed in a different way or it can be badviewing by readers. A historical event is one that has transcended in the years and that caused an impact on its context. The function of the historian is to make a study of the information collected after inquiry methods, then it must be analyzed and in the end interpreted and criticized in an objective and impartial way. The difference between bias and selection is that bias is very unreliable because the information is directed, while the selection is synonymous with choosing, this is a method of limiting some subject or said historical event.