Soviet Women on the Frontline in the Second World War

More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front.

ROGER MARKWICK is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History, School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia. His Rewriting History in Soviet Russia: The Politics of Revisionist Historiography in the Soviet Union, 1956-1974 (Palgrave: 2001) won the Alexander Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies for 2001.

EURIDICE CHARON CARDONA is a Conjoint Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Science, The University of Newcastle, Australia. She holds a PhD in anthropology from The University of Newcastle, Australia, and an MA in history from the University of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.