Military Despatches Vol 38 August 2020 Deadlier than the male Females on the front lines The Night Witches WWII female pilots hated and feared by the Germans The Dark Intruder Who was Captain Franz von Rintelen Mary Walker The only woman to win the US Medal of Honour For the military enthusiast CONTENTS August 2020 Page 14 Click on any video below to view How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and techno-speak that few Special Forces - 75th Ranger Regiment outside the military could hope to under- stand. Some of the terms Features 36 were humorous, some The Dark Intruder were clever, while others 6 Who was Captain Franz Dagob- were downright crude. Ten Modern Female Warriors ert Johannes von Rintelen? And why was he known as ‘The Dark History abounds with legends Intruder”? Paul Rosslee tells us of male warriors, but this is not more. Part of Hipe’s “On the the case for the fairer sex. Yet couch” series, this is an that is not to say that they didn’t 42 interview with one of exist. 26 Ranks author Herman Charles 20 Salty Sea Stories This month we look at the ranks of the US Military. Bosman’s most famous The Night Witches Some an amusing naval story characters, Oom Schalk Hated and feared by the Ger- and some history rewritten. Please note A taxi driver was shot Lourens. Hipe spent time in mans, this all female regiment 30 There is no survival article this dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area became a crucial Soviet asset month as we were not able to during World War II. Females on the front line get the copy in time. war between rival taxi plagued with gang While most countries all wom- organisations. violence, to view first- 23 en to serve in the military, not Quiz hand how Project This is our song many allow women to take part Ceasefire is dealing with Ever since Joshua brought the in combat. 29 the situation. house down at Jericho, music 34 Parachute Wings and the military have shared a This month we show you 15 Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- close relationship. We look at Bet you never knew that parachute wings. You tell us the thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. some music synonymous with History according to American country or the specific unit. the military. students. 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I write articles Military Despatches, go to Movie Review When I started the magazine for various publications (most- www.militarydespatches.co.za I vowed that it would always be ly overseas), do editing work, or click here. free to anyone that wanted to and also film and produce doc- 70 read it, and that they were wel- umentaries (again mostly for My Father’s War come to send the magazine on overseas companies. A must-see movie for all mili- to anyone they wished. I also Continues on page 49 tary veterans. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten made her way to New York City not allowed to serve in Ranger/ Ten modern day women warriors and Washington, D.C. She was Infantry roles due to the Pen- granted a meeting with Pres- tagon’s exclusion policies on History abounds with legends of male warriors, but this is not the case for the fairer sex. Yet that ident Woodrow Wilson on 10 women in combat. That policy is not to say that they didn’t exist. July 1918, during which she changed on 3 December 2015 begged the president to inter- when Secretary of Defense Ash hroughout history leg- for four months. vene in Russia. Carter announced the US mili- ends of male warriors In 1917 she proposed the Wilson was apparently so tary would open combat posi- Tare aplenty, but the same creation of an all-female com- moved by her emotional appeal tions to women with no excep- cannot be said of women war- bat unit which she believed that he responded with tears tion. riors. Yet that is not to say that would solve the Army’s morale in his eyes and promised to do Kristen Griest In 2016, Griest became the they didn’t exist. problem. She felt that it would what he could. first female infantry officer in Some of these women war- shame the men into again sup- After leaving the United the US Army when the Army riors are well known. Most porting the war. risten Griest, Lisa Jaster and States, she travelled to Great Shaye Haver approved her request to trans- people will know about Joan of Permission was granted and Britain where she was granted fer there from a military police The United States Army Arc, probably the most popular she was placed in command of an audience with King George unit. Ranger School is a 61 day woman warrior in history. This the unit. The 1st Russian Wom- V. The British War Office gave Shaye Haver graduated from combat leadership course ori- 16 year old girl would go on to en’s Battalion of Death initially her 500 rubles of funding to re- the United States Military Maria Bochkareva ented toward small-unit tactics. lead the French army in battle attracted more than 2,000 wom- turn to Russia. Academy in 2012. Not only did this Russian sol- The course is considered the against the English. en volunteers, but Bochkarvea’s Bochkareva arrived in She followed in her father’s dier fight in World War I, she premiere military leadership Another well known woman strict discipline weeded out all Arkhangelsk in August 1918 footsteps and became a helicop- also formed the Women’s Bat- course in the world. warrior was Boudicca, queen but 300 of them. and attempted to organise an- ter pilot. She flew an Apache talion of Death and was the first It is open to Soldiers (commis- of the Iceni.