PugJesus"Give them the leftovers, it's just for propaganda anyway" - Quartermaster before accidentally enabling a crack force of Soviet anti-fascist airwomen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
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. German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and hence named the pilots “Night Witches”.[dubious – discuss][2][3] Due to the weight of the bombs and the low altitude of flight, the pilots did not carry parachutes until 1944.[4][5]
SkullgridI’m sure Soviet propaganda wasn’t quiet about it.
Though a decade before and a different war, I’m reminded of troops during the Spanish Civil War shouting at each other with megaphones in an attempt to demoralize the enemy. “WE ARE EATING SO GOOD OVER HERE, YOU STARVING FASCIST PIGS - WHY DON’T YOU SURRENDER, AND WE MIGHT SHARE SOME OF THIS DELICIOUS BACON?”
IlovethebombI’m guessing they shot down and captured a few.
SqueeStill have to hand it to them for being way ahead of the west when it came to allowing women in combat roles at all.
Still far from perfect, but undeniably better when it comes to gender equality at the time. Since then, though, they’ve backslid pretty badly.
ikt
𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢I mean, the Night Witches were bombing literal Nazis.