Episode 11: Mariya Oktyabrskaya & The Fighting Girlfriend

This week we hear Michelle struggle to pronounce names again as she tell us the story of a widow fueled by sorrow and hatred. Taking our first dip in to the WWII era, we discuss how this bad B gave up everything in the name of love, and rode straight to the front lines with the passion of revenge.

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Sources:

• MuseumHack.com – The Fighting Girlfriend by Alex Johnson

• Medium.com - A Woman Who Bought A Tank to Avenge Her Husband’s Death by Peter Preskar

• AllThatsInteresting.com - The Nazis Killed Her Husband, So She Got A Tank – And Her Revenge by Gina Dimuro

• HistoryofYesterday.com - The Fighting Girlfriend T-34 by Andrei Tapalaga

• LaBrujuLaVerde.com - Mariya Oktyabrskaya, the Soviet woman who paid for the manufacture of a tank and drove it personally to avenge her husband’s death by Jorge Alvarez

• Prabook.com - Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya

• WorldofTanks.eu - Mariya Oktyabrskaya, the Fighting Girlfriend

• History.com – German-Soviet Nonagression Pact by History.com Editors

• History.com - Germany launches Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of Russia by History.com Editors

• History.com - Bolsheviks revolt in Russia by History.com Editors