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Answer this question…Women in the Soviet Union served directly in combat, while women in the United States served primarily in support positions.

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Women helped out a lot in World War II. They went from being just housewives to getting jobs as mill workers, etc. Many were nurses or helping the nurses.

farm work

cut down trees

mechanics

tank drivers

building trips

working in factories - making bombs

building ships

air raid wardens

driving fire engines

ambulance driver

plumbers

WRVS volunteers

nurses

spies

WAC soldiers (In the USA over 300,000 women served in the armed forces)

auxillary volunteers

Some served on hopital ships and others at the rear of the war front

I understand 500,000 women in the UK were in the armed forces. Some had been conscripted into military service. Princess Elizabeth served in the nursing corps.

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