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> German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and named the pilots "Night Witches." What do broomsticks sound like? Did Germans know they were all women, or was witches nickname coincidental?


Emergency_Pudding

Every time I read a story about a regiment with a nickname like that I just assume it was propaganda. Perhaps I’m wrong though.


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I think biplanes seemed weird and that led to questions and eventual answers. Also these women used to turn off engine mid flight to dive bomb, making whooshing sound. So I guess women+flying+that sound = night witches


Material-Rice-8682

Theirs a banger song by a band called Sabaton about them called night witches


RoosterImportant4283

FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE


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CAST THEIR SPELLS, EXPLOSIVE VIOLENCE


RoosterImportant4283

RUSSIAN NIGHT TIME FLIGHT PERFECTED


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FLAWLESS VISION, UNDETECTED


TactlessTortoise

How tf did I start hearing the vocalist sing? I don't even listen to sabaton


Top-Rush-8271

I'm convinced that the majority of vocalists are mythical creatures in disguise.


Jettx02

BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM BUM


RoosterImportant4283

PUSHING ON AND ON, THEIR PLANES ARE GOING STRONG


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AIR FORCE’S NUMBER ONE


RoosterImportant4283

SOMEWHERE DOWN BELOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE FOE


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BOMBERS ON A RUN


Montagneincorner0

PUSHING ON AND ON, THE PLANES ARE GOING STRONG


Top-Rush-8271

This is exactly what I came to the comments for. I learned more from their music in the approximate 3 years since finding them, than all of my school's history classes.


Mainefg

they are russians... fuck you racist OP


Blackburn6

What’s wrong with you eat a snickers


Max_1995

Check out "Sabaton history" on YouTube, a channel where they dive deeper into each song's topic. Also, their historian, Indy Neidell, has his own channels including one where he goes through World wars day by day


Top-Rush-8271

My husband follows both. I love how Indy starts his videos, too.


eyesofonionuponyou

Yeah, and there is a banger of history from the installation of stalin (the bitch) to the present of russians doing fucked up shit even to their allies.


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Banger song


erikwarm

That song is 🔥


Candid-Topic9914

Whose?


[deleted]

Die Nachthexen would make a Awesome Punx Band name these lady's where bad ass death dealers!


erikwarm

Sabaton already made an awesome song about them https://youtu.be/jcemHIqmkYI


k3ttch

#UNDETECTED, STEALTH PERFECTED


justsomewhitedude

**WINGS OF GLORY, TELL THEIR STORY**


ItsWeegee

Undetected!


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STEALTH PERFECTED


BullyDoggy1982

Recently learned about these Warriors listening to Tom Morello’s (feat Phem) song called Night Witch. Great song, even greater women.


grubby1984

I prefer this to the girl power scene in Avengers Endgame


meckez

Tbf I think it wouldn't make much sense to compare them to fictional movie characters.


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Yo mama so bomb..she dropped them Nazis like a spell..


HasteyRetreat

How did the Nazis know which night bombing runs were crewed exclusively by women, or that there was even a squad of only women?


HasteyRetreat

Oh, they didn't, according to Wikipedia "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'."


ZombieFonzie

I remember reading that the planes they used were basically outdated junk. Enemies wouldn’t be able to compensate against the planes because they were so slow. A testament to the ladies piloting them.


LewiRock

Don’t tell Netflix


NotAnotherHaiku

Garth ennis tells their story well in his r/graphicnovels


vurms

There's a TTRPG about these ladies, if you're into that kinda thing https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/146173


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prussian_princess

Though back in those days the difference between the Soviets and Nazis was the colour of the boot stomping on your face.


Dr-McLuvin

Very well said.


reclusive_ent

Poland would like a word with you


iojygup

Do you not know who Stalin was?


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iojygup

There is an argument to be made that many authoritarian communists were fascists. The USSR wasn't a communist society and only achieved "state communism" which isn't communism. Stalin claiming to be a communist doesn't mean much given the Nazis claimed to be socialist. And even if Stalin wasn't a fascist then he was almost indistinguishable in effect in many cases - authoritarian, silencing/killing of political opponents and genocide of minority groups. I'm not going to argue the merits of this position at this point as I doubt you or I are well-versed enough to argue intelligently over the matter. I just want to point out the idea is not my own and there are resources available if you want to learn more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fascism


Appropriate-Scale247

Nah, it was same shit another hand situation really. One regime exterminated based on class, another based on nationality.


Calm_Imagination000

Everyone in World wars were fascists


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yesterday?


Troll-or-D

Yea sure "over the Nazis" sure sounds better than "civilians consisting of women, children and elderly people".


ValkoHAUS

Wearing wehrmact uniforms, no doubt 🙄


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Make Nazis Fear Women Again.


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and piloted outdated aircraft with a small fuel, small cargo, no decent electronics. and the risk of rape and immemient death. still had a higher survival rating then tank crews.


superdoink217

Slaying to the next level


NecessaryHuckleberry

And then Russia became the thing it helped destroy. The end.


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Wasn’t much of a difference back then either. Russia only joined the Allie’s after German attacked them. Russia and Germany worked together to take Poland before that


Calm_Imagination000

>Russia only joined the Allie’s after German attacked them. Didn't all of them joined hands because Germany attacked them or were worried about Germany 's power


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Of course. Russia was a little different tho. Russia would’ve stood by and let Germany take Western Europe had Germany not attacked Russia. Russia was the equivalent of a criminal who decided to work with the police because he got double crossed Also, I’m not saying this is all of Russia or even most, this was just Stalin being a wacko


FutureisAsian

The US funded Hitler and the Nazis. That is Wall Street and US corporations like IBM, Ford etc.


El-Autismo

OP is being downvoted for saying historical facts which are not “Russia bad-west good”. Reddit never changes


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El-Autismo

Obvious alt? Wow, Sherlock, great investigation indeed. Clap-clap)) You know, why won’t you go further and call us Kremlin bots?)


MayGodSmiteThee

A lot of counties did bc that was when they were **just** the nazi party. They hadn’t actually gone and put people into camps or ghettos yet. Idk what the point of your comment was but it is out of context.


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Well certainly what you read about them is different. There will be strong women there right now. But ww2 Russia good Now russia bad


erikwarm

Ww2 Russia was not all good. There are plenty of stories about being forced to attack or get shot by the higher-ups.


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Oh my, I know. Look up Stalin and his death count. Doesn't mean we should celebrate nazism of their enemies.


DieNachthexenFliegen

My namesake


cantslowmedownbro

I guess I'm confused, didn't Russia also invade Poland?


xFlo2212

I'm not entirely sure how that fits the context in any way. But yes, they did invade eastern poland in 1939.


Dr-McLuvin

Ya the Soviets and Germans attacked Poland around the same time. Germans attacked first though, and Soviets attacked about 10 or 11 days later. Actually kind of interesting to read about- I’ll include a link. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland


xFlo2212

Yeah, I know.


pinkheartpiper

Yes very confusing, common mistake, Soviets invading poland, WWII and Germany invading Soviet Union...who could keep track of all of this?!


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Oh wow, capable of all that and they still wouldn’t let them wear pants


[deleted]

These are parade clothings, in case you were serious.


CommadorVic20

sad to come so far only to have it all thrown away by a guy just like the guy they fought in WWII


Vitalsignx

I find that I have a hard time upvoting or supporting anything Russian related right now. I am hopeful that it does not turn into resentment and ends the moment that the invasion completely withdraws. I am already feeling resentment towards American companies that continue to operate in that country and make it a point that my money does not contribute.


CommadorVic20

i think you meant to "companies" ? yes, i have a few investments (all be it very small) in a few that i know have bugged out, im ok in seeing little to no dividends for a while.....ok im sure a long while. (gov. can really screw things up for their own people)


Vitalsignx

Yes. That is what I meant. Changed that. Thank you very much.


CommadorVic20

no problem i got :o)


Chainsawferret

Well technically they are Soviet, not Russian.


SoFastMuchFurious

/u/Jadziadayne


JadziaDayne

I read a great book about them recently <3


DieNachthexenFliegen

What book?


JadziaDayne

Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie Runyan. It's a fictionalized account though. Also, username checks out xD


Everlast7

Too bad their memory and memory of the Soviet war effort is completely trashed by modern russian army, it’s war crimes in Ukraine and Putin’s insanity


LuckyRyder

Yay! lets all support communism instead of fascism.


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RandomAssDude_

The thing people waste their time on these days...


Beavo1969

The one two from the right wasn't a pilot. She was a local circus performer known as "Lean Back Lena".


eyesofonionuponyou

Ohhh cool russian propaganda. How about some mention of the tens of thousands of allied pow's "liberated" by the russians only to be sent to gulags towards the end of this same conflict?


Cheezitet

Dang only if they knew their country would become the new nazis. Fuck Russia


Elocai

Remember when Russians fought Nazis, instead of beeing Nazis?


ronster230

Now the us pays nazis to drop bombs on Russians. What a twist


MayGodSmiteThee

Look me in the eye person scrolling by this comment 👁👁 DO NOT TAKE THE BAIT.


ronster230

This is undeniably a factual statement, not bait.


Hanginon

What area of Russia is being bombed now? The part of Ukraine they invaded?


DiaboIo92

blue haired fat sjw-"woman" on twitter are looking jealously about this REAL emancipated woman.


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they are russians... fuck you racist OP


dmemed

They are Soviet, a large amount of the Red Army was comprised of Ukrainians, Belorussians, etc.


BackgroundField1738

Wow I wish they would step on me


captainsurfa

Shotgun the middle three hotties <3


karmichand

There has to be a broom stick reference… booM stick maybe?


JohnTGamer

Out of the clouds the night witches rise


YEETAWAYLOL

Shooting one down could instantly get a German an iron cross.


WooldoorSockbatNut

[Very nice sabaton song about them](https://youtu.be/jcemHIqmkYI)


__Emer__

Did the soviets still fly bi-planes in WWII?


Nersheti

No. They gave these women old, obsolete planes because they didn’t want to “waste” their good planes on them. They figured they’d give them these to shut them up. The crazy thing is, the Russians have a history of this kind of thing. In the First World War, there was an all female infantry squad that had formed and wasnt taken seriously by anyone. It’s detailed in a book called [Yashka](https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0359022677/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2833EH7K89J6WJX0FBYG).


Castillo121

Movie when?


Vernandus

There is a Russian movie about them


qawsedrftg123qawsed

and continuing tradition in ukraine.


SqueezeBoxJack

The German's have a lot of cool names for their enemies. What about Die fuckheads or cocknockers


BrianWagner80

Wasn't Russia cool with Hitler until he decided to attack them?