๐ŸŒธ Women at War

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The Army Nurse Who Performed Surgery by Candlelight for 72 Hours

Captain Margaret I. Furey was a US Army Nurse Corps officer stationed at the 805th Medical Battalion. During the Battle of the Bulge, her field hospital lost power and heating in temperatures of -20ยฐC. For 72 continuous ...

Bastogne, Belgium Read →
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The Real 'Angels of the Battlefield': Soviet Female Medics

Soviet female medics in WWII were unique among all belligerents โ€” they were frontline combatants who also served as medical personnel. Over 550,000 women served in the Soviet medical corps. Some, like Roza Shanina, were ...

Near Kรถnigsberg, East Prussia Read →
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The Japanese Doctor Who Experimented on 3,000 People โ€” Then Was Protected by the US

Dr. Shiro Ishii, commander of Unit 731, conducted horrific experiments on an estimated 3,000 human beings in Manchuria between 1937 and 1945, including vivisections without anesthesia, forced pregnancies, and intentional...

Manchuria, China Read →
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