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Riding Cavalry
Many thanks to all who responded to my post
concerning World War II cavalry. Since most were ladies, here is a snippet
for you.
"Horsewomen of
the German Army. Because the officers and NCOs of the armed
services' riding schools were urgently needed on the front, women were used for
the training of remounts. Their task was to break in the remounts as
saddle - and draught - horses for the infantry and horse drawn units (the
cavalry relied on the remount squadrons of their own reserve units). The
women were also there to teach pupils from unmounted units to ride, and gave
short courses for regimental, battalion and contingent commanders. A
horsewoman would often have to ride eight to ten remounts, and then one or two
riding school horses in a day. The women were mostly aged 18 to 40, and
were not given ranks. They wore the uniform jacket of a headquarters
assistant, and riding breeches and boots."
In Russia about one
million women were also employed as combatants in regular army units and
about 27,000 in partisan groups. Another book I have is an autobiographic
(from her diaries) account of a young woman, aged 18-20, who was employed as a
mounted scout for a partisan group until she was killed in action in her second
year of service, while covering the retreat of her male
comrades.
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