While in-game we have a Soviet all-female Medic squad and indeed, the Red Army had MANY female soldiers; other nations had their fair share of brave women. I tried to find women who saw active combat in one way, shape, or form, though not necessarily fighting themselves. So, bear in mind that the inclusion of some of these women as active, frontline soldiers in the game may not be 100% historically accurate, or their roles could be simplified to suit one of the in-game classes. The following women are in no particular order. If you found or know of more, (I couldn’t find any for Japan) please, be sure to include them in a reply, preferably with a photo attached. If you disagree with a class I chose for any of them, feel free to voice your opinion.
–As a small side-note, I WOULD like these women to be free Battle Pass soldiers in the game, if they were to get included.–
Nancy Wake - Allies (Great Britain) - Guerilla II
Nancy Wake was a New Zealand‑born Australian who became one of the Allies’ most effective SOE operatives and resistance leaders in France. She organised and led sabotage missions, coordinated maquis units ahead of D‑Day, guided escapees and downed airmen to safety, and repeatedly evaded capture, earning the nickname “The White Mouse” for her daring and ability to slip past German forces.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko - USSR - Sniper III
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 confirmed kills, who fought at Odessa and Sevastopol after volunteering following Operation Barbarossa. She became a frontline icon, trained other snipers, survived brutal siege conditions, and later toured the United States as a symbol of Soviet sacrifice and women’s combat role.
Roza Shanina - USSR - Sniper II or Sniper III
Roza Shanina was a young Soviet sharpshooter who distinguished herself with exceptional marksmanship and composure during assaults on the Eastern Front. Celebrated for precise long‑range kills and her habit of advancing with infantry under fire, she earned multiple decorations before being killed in action near East Prussia in 1945.
Marina Raskova - USSR - Attacker Pilot III
Marina Raskova was a famous Soviet aviator and navigator who used her influence to found three all‑female air regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment known as the Night Witches. She organised recruitment, training, and missions that placed women in bomber, fighter, and night‑harassment roles, transforming Soviet air power and opening combat aviation to women.
Mariya Oktyabrskaya - USSR - Tanker III
Mariya Oktyabrskaya was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who, after her husband was killed in 1941, sold her possessions to fund a T‑34 tank which she named Fighting Girlfriend and insisted on crew service herself; trained as a driver and mechanic, she joined the 26th Guards Tank Brigade, fought bravely in multiple actions repairing her tank under fire and destroying enemy positions before being mortally wounded and later posthumously awarded Hero of the Soviet Union for her courage
Hanna Reitsch - Axis (Germany) - Fighter Pilot III
Hanna Reitsch was Germany’s most prominent female test pilot and a skilled aerobatic and experimental flyer who tested rockets, gliders, and helicopters for the Luftwaffe. She conducted dangerous test flights, undertook rescue and transport missions, and famously flew into besieged Berlin near the war’s end, demonstrating technical daring amid the Reich’s collapse.
Virginia Hall - Allies (USA) - Guerilla II or Radio Operator II
Virginia Hall was an American who worked with British SOE and later the OSS as a clandestine agent in Vichy and occupied France, organising sabotage networks, recruiting resistance fighters, and directing arms drops. Despite a prosthetic leg and constant risk of arrest, she ran large escape-and-evasion operations and became one of the Allies’ most effective and resourceful spies.
Violette Szabo - Allies (Great Britain / France) Guerilla II
Violette Szabo was a British‑French Special Operations Executive agent who parachuted into occupied France to organise sabotage, liaise with local maquis and carry messages and supplies; captured after a gunfight on her second mission, she endured brutal interrogation, was deported to Ravensbrück and executed in early 1945, and was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous courage and self‑sacrifice
Margaret Utinsky - Allies (USA) - Medic I
Margaret Utinsky was an American nurse in the Philippines who escaped internment after the Japanese conquest and joined the underground, smuggling medicine and food to Allied POWs and guerrillas. Operating in extreme danger, she forged documents, organised aid networks, and risked execution to sustain prisoners and resistance fighters until liberation.
Valeriya Gnarovskaya - USSR - Medic I
Valeriya Gnarovskaya was a young Soviet combat medic on the Eastern Front who repeatedly carried wounded from the line under fire, Valeriya Gnarovskaya is remembered for sacrificing herself to stop a German tank by detonating grenades beneath it while shielding comrades, an act for which she was posthumously honoured as a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - USSR - Guerilla II
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya volunteered as a Soviet partisan in late 1941, carrying out sabotage behind German lines, including burning buildings used by occupying forces; captured after a mission near Petrishchevo, she endured interrogation and brutal treatment, was executed by the Germans on 29 November 1941, and was posthumously celebrated as a Hero of the Soviet Union and a powerful symbol of Soviet resistance
