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They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work. Some were killed in combat or captured as prisoners of war. Over sixteen hundred female nurses received various decorations for courage under fire.
By 1945 millions of women were working to supply the military with aircraft, ships and ammunition. Not only were women encouraged to volunteer to raise funds, take in evacuee children, 'dig for victory' in their gardens, and take jobs in war work factories – they were also asked also to join military ranks