The Female Tank Commander
It was somewhat uncommon for a woman to be a celebrated war hero, but Aleksandra Samusenko achieved this status irrespective of her challenges within the Soviet Ukranian system. As it were, she was the only woman in the Tank Army at the time.
The Female Tank Commander
Aleksandra famously saved her entire crew from a deadly ambush in the Battle of Kursk. She served as a lieutenant from 1943, but didn’t end up seeing the end of the war, having been crushed by tank tracks and losing her life along the way.
The Rise of the Kamikaze
Japanese pilots were referred to as the Kamikaze, mostly because of their deliberate suicidal crashes that targeted enemies during the war. Most of the time, they focused their efforts on ships, and these types of attacks became a prominent part of the war.
The Rise Of The Kamikaze
Kamikaze missions usually happened in the Pacific, and looking back, many historians now cite a less than 20% success rate for these attacks. The image above shows a fighter pilot trying to execute one of these missions. Naval forces were quick to intercept.
