This week on Women of War we take to the skies on a witch's broomstick - or the Polikarpov Po-2 biplane if you want official military terminology. Join Hannah and Nicola as they discuss the first women to engage in aerial combat in WWII, the Soviet Night Witches, and how these women came to bomb the Nazis when women had been bared from active combat roles.
This episode contains references to wartime atrocities, aerial disasters and the conditions facing German and Russian soldiers on the Eastern Front during World War II, which were not very good. It also contains some bad language and will not be suitable for all listeners.
Women of War is recorded on Wurundjeri Land. We pay our respect to Elders past and present, and any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners. Sovereignty was never ceded.
All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this podcast however with the nature of historical research, there may be mistakes or inconsistencies.
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Sound Effects via ZapSplat.com.
The Internationale in the Russian language. Choir and orchestra of Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by G. Rozhdestvensky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Intro and Outro Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
S2E1: Go-Go Dancing with Bombs - Australian Vietnam War Entertainers
S1E10 : The Last of the Samurai - Nakano Takeko and the Jōshitai
S1E9: Molly Brant and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy - [INSERT HAMILTON REFERENCE HERE]
S1 E7: The Real Namesake of Deakin University - Vera Deakin and the Red Cross Wounded and Missing Bureau
S1E6 : Under the Skies of War - Edith Piaf
S1E5: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra - What Haven't The Romans Done To Us?
S1 E4: The Declaration of a Female Citizen - Charlotte Corday, the Angel of Assassination
S1E3: Treason without Citizenship - Tokyo Rose and War in the Pacific
S1E2: Poor Fellow My Country - Tarenorerer and the Aboriginal Tasmanian Resistance
S1E1: Mata Hari - The Original Femme Fatale?
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