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Why The German Army Feared The Night Witches

Weird History | June 29, 2026



On the dark battlefields of World War II, German soldiers feared an enemy they could barely see and rarely heard… until it was too late. Out of the blackness came a faint whooshing sound. Seconds later, bombs rained from the sky, buildings crumbled, and chaos erupted across the Eastern Front. On this episode of Weird History we take a look at the mysterious Night Witches: an elite squadron of all-female Soviet pilots who became one of the most feared forces of World War II. Flying outdated wooden biplanes on daring nighttime bombing missions, they terrorized German troops, earned countless military honors, and cemented their place among history’s most legendary warriors. Have you ever heard of the Night Witches? Let us know in the comments.

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  1. @DemonRax47

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    USSR wasn't USA, women were never socially blocked and all who wanted to become pilots did that. It's just overall, as everywhere and at any point in time, war is hard and dominated by men, nothing wrong with that.

  3. @123punchaknotzee

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    These women were brought on as propaganda, given sub-par equipment, given missions that were among the most dangerous/perilous, given what was meant to be a derogatory name by the enemy, treated with misogyny and disregard in many areas, were minimized post-war, and yet they bravely and successfully carried out what they set to do with what they had. These were formidable women and incredible warriors and deserved much more than they got.

  8. @blytheguy7510

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    For anyone interested in this subject I highly recommend the graphic novels of The Nightwitches under the Battlefields imprint. It's the closest thing we have of a movie on them. And the writing is film quality and respectful of the soldiers and true story. The Battlefields series has several stories by the same writer with one story, Dear Billy is one of the saddest and human stories I've ever read. The same author has a slew of war comics that are stellar. Including The Stringbags, Dreaming Eagles, and Sara being a masterpiece. The Russians also employed women in multiple fronts. One Russian lady had her whole family killed by Nazi bombs. She sold everything she owned in order to buy a tank with one condition: She be the one to drive it, and she did. And they had squads of female snipers. One squad had over 500 kills. Sara follows one woman that's part of that crew. Any of those stories would be great films.

  9. @Dog5ight

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    And now their memory will live on forever because of Sabaton fans bursting into song at the slightest mention of the

    Hit it boys! 🎸

  10. @displacedyankee7819

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    Hate to break it to you, just because someone got drafted into the Wehrmacht, it doesn't mean they wear a Nazzie.
    You gonna say every Red Army member was a commie??? Because they weren't. Many joined because only party members would have family told if they fell in battle.

  28. @kellychuang8373

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    That's cool and can really seriously only wonder considering these women were using something that seemed like WW1 planes and managed to run rings around them despite the latest aircraft and anti-aircraft defenses. Then again seen it in the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob was escaping with Bart as a hostage in that airshow hijacking in an Wright Brothers plane and the jets used to stop him really were so fast they couldn't keep up or overshot the target. That really reminds me of that or another case in WW2 when the British sunk the Bismarck with Fairley Swordfish.

  33. @Sheepdog1314

    June 29, 2026 at 6:42 pm

    Most German soldiers were not Nazis. My grandfather surely wasn't. He was sent to the Russian Front as punishment because my grandmother, his wife and mother of my very young father, refused to be part of the "breeding program". He was shot, sent home, started drinking, got arrested for talking smack and dissing the system, and spent the rest of the war time in a concentration camp (we are not Jews) until it was opened by the Americans. He died an alcoholic at age 56. Stop doing this. They were not Nazis. He wasn't a Nazi. Have some respect.

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