That's a wonderful story mate,these brave women have to be recognised and respected.

Awesome story. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for sharing!

Maybe u can share pictures with them

Omg, what a honor to have met any of these incredibly brave and beautiful ladies. 👍👍

Heroines.

David Cole ... So true so many different facets of this war I never heard of before and didn't have a clue that existed. Coming into the story from knowing how great our factories were at being able to produce good quality war material and products at a speedy pace, unbelievable. Not to take away from this wonderful story here. But to come to realize how much of that war I had no idea of what's going on.

True. I've never understood the need for war fiction as there are far more amazing real stories to be told.

You know it. How about the African American artillery units / battle/bulge? Or a bear that carried munitions for a polish unit in italy?

@@johnjohnon8767 The bear story is something new 😳

😂😂 You are a woman at 20 not a girl,

I've read it and can say, it is fascinating!

Well said. It's the best book I've ever read

Their was a elderly lady that lived in the neighborhood I grew up in. My mother told me she was raped by many German soldiers when she was a young girl in France. I also worked for a gentleman who had his concentration camp number tattooed on his forearm. I just find this so amazing but at the same time appalling. These men and women fought for our freedom and I’m am thankful every day to be free.

I've read many stories of impressive female snipers in the red army, but this is the first I'm hearing of their female pilots and tanks crews. I'll definitely have to check that book out. The strength, courage, and selflessness required to do those kinds of jobs in the midst of the most brutal war in modern human history is absolutely incredible. It's a shame that we don't see big-budget blockbusters on this topic instead of the usual female heroes from comic books.

I would love to read it one day.

14:21 Note - some girls wear skirts. This is also for a reason. In those days, in the Red Army, girls were often punished for misdemeanors by flogging with salted rods on the ass and thighs. And after the spanking, it was easier for the girls to walk in a skirt. In addition, girls sometimes needed to relieve the accumulated sexual tension. Therefore, the girls could also be whipped on the ass and thighs to reduce tension.

We are.

What s famous story of Russian brave woman , and should never be forgotten ever ,a very impressive group of folks , the Russian people , bless them !

Not only females, but every unnamed and named soviet hero who gave their lifes to Lebensraum never happens

The reason Russia is undefeatable since Peter the Great. Their comes the Mongols, Huns, the Seljuk Turks, then Ottoman Empire, came next French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte with 600,000 men Grand Army from 20 nations that captured Moscow in 1812 and followed by Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler 3. 8million men Operation Barbarossa' supported by four thousand tanks and thousands aircraft that swarmed east. These invading armies in millions combined were defeated one after another by the Russians. No army in history that remain combat ready, it's history glorious and fighting spirit intact. The Russian Army cannot be defeated by the US-led West.

@lMrRedl The video is about female pilot fighters, not a documentary of the whole Soviet army.

LOL so they and millions more could live under Stalins boot for decades.

@@BUSTER.BRATAMUS That's true...however...at that time in human history it was TREMENDOUSLY important that Hitler's Nazis , and Imperial Japan , and Mussolini 's Fascists were defeated as the main threats to world peace . Say what you want about Stalin; , what the German dictatorship had in store for the Slavic Eastern' inferior' peoples was.....extinction.

@@BUSTER.BRATAMUS the key is that those millions would *actually live* under Stalin, as opposed to die under a victorious Nazi regime - on top of those already killed under Stalin.

@@deforged your ignorance is stunning,, Stalin and the blood thirsty Commies, killed as many if not more than Hitler..

@@deforged My Estonian granduncles died in a gulag thanks to the soviets invading Estonia and deporting people by cattle cars. Soviets killed way more people than Nazis ever did yet are celebrated in the west.

Compared to the battle of Stalingrad that’s nothing.

Most effective night bomber squadron of ww2.

The Night Witches were not really effective at all, but they were useful for propaganda purposes.

​@@DrCruel On ratio of payload on take off and payload delivered on target it is the case. If you want to engage in rhetoric please go ahead and humor me.

@@downundertruckie7953 Name me a battle that the Night Witches were instrumental in winning. Name me an operation where the crucial factor was dropping grenades out of biplanes at night. If you don't know what you're talking about, don't blame me.

*But DO YOU BeLieve in GOD!!!!???*

First I heard of the story but I hope these women are not forgotten .

@@activatefiasco5843 Get out of here

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The Po-2 isn't especially noisy (you can check the engine sound here: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mpyfomaRsKd4smg.html), at least not compared to a Thunderbolt or a Mustang - those planes _roar_ whereas the Po-2 goes "put-put-put-put". I've seen and heard a Mustang, a Spit, and a 109 fly over low in formation, and the only one I could hear was the Mustang, the engine sound of the two others simply drowned. The reason the Night Witches idled their engines on approach was not to give the Germans time to get in cover or man their AA guns, which just adds to the devastating psychological effect of only realizing they were under attack when the high explosives started raining from the night sky. Badass chicks the lot of them.

@@mace8873 Thanks for replying. It’s a beautiful and simple plane. Even though the exhaust pipes and he seem to be a foot long straight out of the engine, it is fairly quiet. I would imagine to start it you would have to be standing in front of the plane and turn the propeller?

@@lukeshirley8496 As far as I'm aware, yes.

I have never seen evidence that they climbed on the wing to restart the engine. I know this story is making the rounds, but look at a picture of the plane and imagine doing that from the rear. Look how far back the wing is. You would have to leave the wing entirely, somehow hang on with one hand, stick your other hand through the cylinders and try to turn the prop. With one hand. From the rear. Near the center of the hub. Which would be difficult to turn even at the prop tip, standing on solid ground from the front. This is completely disregarind that the airstream would turn the prop anyway which would make the whole thing futile. This is just not possible. There are accounts of them going on the wings to release stuck bomblocks. But starting the engine? There is no way to do that from the rear.

That sounds incredible, physically impossible, but what a story. I'm not doubting she said it and perhaps believes it. When I was in the navy I heard all kinds of things teams like mine could do, fewer were true than not, on the other hand we didn't say we couldn't.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🇺🇲

Thank you very much!

Russian women are beautiful, smart and strong. I know. I've been married to one of them for over 20 years..

Italy was fascist, please get it right.

I was part of a group of women studying at Ruskin College, Oxford UK, the studies were titled: Women's Studies - but we were never taught about the bravery and heroism of the Russian Night Witches. Heroes every one!

Women shouldn't fight unless absolutely necessary. Having said that, they should also learn war techniques in case they need to defend themselves. What people need to realize is if not for the men, the women could not bring victory. Nevertheless, the Soviet army lost far more casualties than they should have. I'm not against women being in the army, don't get me wrong. In fact, it's quite important. And yes, sometimes they have to fight for example when they are getting attacked by the enemy. Of course women soldiers can kill men solddiers there's no doubt about that. But the risks are too high. 1. Women are physically weaker than men, therefore their endurance is not as strong. This also means their emotional nature is weaker in many aspects, and also they don't have the right physical makeup for fighting. 2. If women soldiers are caught, the potential for them to be raped is very high, which is very Demoralising for the men. 3. If they are mixed, it can lead to a lot of affairs as did happen. A lot of the Soviet commanders had wives and Mystresses, those mystresses got abandened after the war mostly. 4. As happens in the American army, women could be sexually assaulted by their own officers, which is why women and men need to be segregated. . Bottom line, there deffenitly should be a place for women in the army. But eeach gender is different. It is the job of men to rule the country, to lead the nation to glory and victory. And it is the job of women to have kids and nurcher the upcoming generations. I'm not saying it's wrong for a woman to work or earn a living by any means, or be the head of a business. All I'm saying is, some things should be left specifically to men.

The USSR was evil, no one should admire or look up to it.

@Andrew Phillips It is grammatically appropriate to use either “hero” or “heroine” in reference to a female.

Actually, their entire bodies were brave, not just their donkeys. The writer who adds burros to his sentences didn't need to spend extra typing time, even if he is too embarrassed to just say brave.

@@briseboy There George, I edited the ass out just for you.

That's because the west had more $$$ than eastern euro. Also the west still somewhat looked down upon women. Eastern euro used women into the army out of necessity.

@@brianticas9572 And let's not pretend Russia didn't mow down cities with rape and extermination camps.

They may not have been "combat" pilots, but the US had women test & transport pilots. They delivered aircraft to Asia over the Aleutians.

This is because Russia went through hell. It was the Russians who drove the Nazis away from Moscow and not from New York 😅

Какие же вы пустые... Для вас это очередной голливудский блогбастер. Советский союз потерял 26000000 человек. Не было семей в которых, хоть кто то не погиб в этой войне.

Yak-1 fighters were used in another, 586th female regiment. Also there was 587th reg. of dive bombers on Pe-2. And “night witches” Po-2 588th was third female regiment in Red army

I really recommend the wonderful historic novel “The Huntress” by Kate Quinn, a real good thriller of a tale.

that was first thing to my mind

I love that song, of course I'm a (American) military brat of more generation than I can imagine, a history geek, part of the age of heavy metal, and more than a little obsessive - compulsive about details. From the depths of hell in silence cast explosive spells in violence Russian night time flight perfected flawless vision undetected . I'd go on but voice to text is making me do it one word at a time.

From the depths of hell in silence. cast their spells, explosive violence. Russian night time, flight perfected. Flawless vision, undetected

@@jurrehuizinga7136music is 🇷🇺life. We don’t listen to music, we hear and feel it. Now go turn it up again

I listened to the song, just before I saw this story. 💙🔥

Yep, it's definitely a dishonest over-simplification. Really more like just straight up dishonesty, heh. The USSR did the vast majority of the fighting, and they deserve the vast majority of the credit (if we wanna assign some rough number, probably like 80%+ of the credit). They also likely suffered the most losses and most destruction (given the fascists invaded them, of course), and the N@zis committed countless terrible atrocities against their people. We must always remember the ~27 million Soviet people who lost their lives in the fight against fascism.

What about german women ?

@@nicktan4530 true, Sophie Scholl was executed at 14 for trying to stop the nazis, and i am sure many others worked against them as well, but for determination, courage, skill and effectiveness the Night Witches rank right up there with any combat unit in WWII.

I've been waiting to order this book 📚 now I really can't. I'm excited to read their stories

Not women. But bravest soldiers, period. They were basically sent on a suicide mission, and ended up being some of their best soldiers, fighting against both their side and the opposition. Their male soldiers at least were supported and given functional machinery.

14:21 Note - some girls wear skirts. This is also for a reason. In those days, in the Red Army, girls were often punished for misdemeanors by flogging with salted rods on the ass and thighs. And after the spanking, it was easier for the girls to walk in a skirt. In addition, girls sometimes needed to relieve the accumulated sexual tension. Therefore, the girls could also be whipped on the ass and thighs to reduce tension.

Now Russia is shit

The difference is Thatcher fought for evil and oppression while these fought for liberation and justice…

I don't feel sorry for you.

God bless those women who risked their own lives in danger for the mother land. Frankie t, Bronx County.

Correct this is a detailed video about the night witches. And the detailed song about them is from Sabaton! Sabaton rules! 🤟🤟🤟

@untilyougethit Simp? What is that?

Well? What's a simp? Oh. A sympathizer? Lol. Hmm. This was how long ago? Get a life. This isn't about symp. It's history. Idiot.

@untilyougethit and? Are you in England?

Don't forget.. They saved your English ass. As we did. Usa here.

@untilyougethit waiting for an answer. Anything you have to say?

Very interesting indeed! 👏

When life had true purpose

A great historic movie is “The Huntress” by Kate Quinn, a wonderful story basest s women A really good thriller of a tale.

Courageous fine young Ladies, God Bless them all

Well, that's not melodramatic. They did their job.

Same thing happened to the WASPs of the USA. Just glad they all got recognized in the end

Spot on with that.

What a strange and spiteful thing to write. These women deserved peace, not to be thrown in to that hell by USSR government, who helped start the war in the first place.

Try this one, there were some 2500 Soviet female snipers who fought on the front; estimates as high as 11,000 Wehrmacht infantry fell to their cunning and marksmenship Lyudmila Pavlichenko - the extraordinary sniper / Red Army female sniper (Biographics) ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fJp5n5-iaZmKroU.html

Agree 100%!

Amen 🙏

That was a great generation of our grandparents

WWII? Not as much, most come from Europe, Julia Childe was OSS, Josephine Baker aided the French resistance and allies, there's several about women in WWI & II, but why stop there? There's Tamoe Gozen 11th century ona bushida (think samurai), Lozen a chiricahua Apache who was one of geronimo's most trusted advisors there are pictures of her, a lot of female pirate captains - ok maybe not good role models for girls - and any number of female rulers in history; Boudicca leaps to mind, I mean if you piss off Roman Empire enough to want your head... Let me put it like this I would rather my thirteen-year-old daughter do a report Grace O'Malley for women's history than Taylor not so Swift

I have the same book translated in finnish as a "Yön noidat"

Lydia litvyak the white lily of Stalingrad

@@ronaldrabanes2452Hi, can I ask , what year was that book written ? Please , thank you

@@Jas111ld 2019.

@@mace8873 thank you

“From the depths of Hell in silence”

@@mozambiquehere5903 Cast their spells, explosive violence

@@ryantannar5301 *Russian night time, flight perfected*

Night bomber regiment...

@@MrKawika64 588th

It’s communist propaganda. Anyone who believes the bogus stories is an idiot.

@@barrymccokiner7559 No today's MSM is propaganda....this is history....

Get off the leg already…………

Yes.. There are many WW2 movies that are done by Russia about their struggles and efforts to save their country. And they are actually quite good. Most people think it was America that won the war and did all the fighting against the Nzi's. Russia bore the brunt of their wrath!

@@barrymccokiner7559 Go watch cnn

Wow! Just before I’d scrolled to your comment I was thinking this would make a great War Stories comic.

www.sabaton.net/

And their drummer married to Floor Jansen of Nightwish! Lucky guy...

SABATON

The Sabaton song is awesome. I'm reading a book called "Daughters of the Night Sky" about the Night Witches.

Thats the song that git me hooked on sabaton