HARSH TRUTHS
World War 2’s legion of female snipers make a mockery of Battlefield 5 complaints
These amazing photographs were colourised by translator Olga Shirnina from Moscow, Russia
KEYBOARD warriors across the internet exploded in ignorant outrage today over the news that World War II shooter Battlefield 5 would be the first in the series to contain playable female characters.
The launch trailer has been viewed almost four million times on YouTube at time of writing, and has 138,000 dislikes versus 171,000 likes. Those dislikes seem to be driven by a campaign called #Notmybattlefield, which can be seen across YouTube, Twitter, Reddit and other social media.
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"Women did not fight in WW2 what were the developers thinking," one raged, while another claimed that while they enjoyed Battlefield I, the previous title in the series, they "ignored the SJW [social justice warrior] aspect", but that the inclusion of a female solider here was "just too much." 'SJW' has become a favoured insult among certain online communities aimed at those viewed as attempting to reduce the presence of racism or sexism in media.
Another suggested the game, which will be out on October 19th for Xbox One, PC and PS4, now had "more genders than guns", with one spittle-flecked tweet lamenting that one of their favourite games had been ruined "by the need to be inclusive".
The ranting ignoramuses claimed that this showed a blatant disregard for "historical accuracy" compared to previous games, though their objections to tanks zooming across landscapes at ludicrous speeds, fighter jets being taken down by small-arms fire or any of the myriad incorrect period details in previous games were significantly more muted.
As these colourised images from Russian forces show women were on the front lines of WW2 -- isn't "SJW bullshit propaganda", but historical fact.
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The pictures of Russian snipers defending their homeland against the invading Nazis include updated images of the most successful female sniper in history, Lyudmila Pavlichenko who was also known as Lady Death.
The incredible pictures delve deep into the soul of smiling Lyudmila Pavlichenko standing proudly with her weapon and in another portrait she is pictured wearing full uniform beneath a framed picture of Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin.
Other spectacular shots show beautiful blonde Roza Shanina who was responsible for 59-confirmed kills and Lyuba Makarova.
Another photo shows a row of other Soviet women ready to help defeat Nazi Germany. The survival-rate of these brave women was incredibly low – with seventy-five percent killed during WW2.
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The photographs were colourised by translator, Olga Shirnina from Moscow, Russia.
Olga said: “There are very few images with Red Army soldiers, I decided to fill this gap,
“I'm interested in the history of Russia, it is full of dramatic, cataclysmic events which impacted on the history of both the country itself and the whole world.
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“Sometimes a picture can say more than many words and I’ll be glad if people learn more about Russia and its people through my colourings, especially about our brave women.
“It was a phenomenon and no other country had so many female soldiers, snipers, pilots, medicals.”
Lyudmila Pavlichenko joined the Red Army’s 25th Rifle Division in June 1941 where she was one of around 2,000 female snipers, 500 of which survived WW2.
Pavlichenko became one of the top military snipers of all time with a record of 309 confirmed kills.
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Around 800,000 women served in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war as snipers, pilots, machine gunners and a large number were stationed in medical units.
“Black and white images are and remain a piece of history but the world was never monochrome even during the war,” added Olga.
“It is interesting to imagine how it was many years ago, how historical figures whom we know from books or articles looked.
“Colour removes that barrier between now and then or at least makes it more transparent.”
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