Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion

Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion
Active1943–45
Country Poland
Allegiance Soviet Union
BranchLand forces
TypeInfantry
Size690 women

The Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion (Polish: Samodzielny Batalion Kobiecy im. Emilii Plater) was a unit of the Soviet First Polish Army during the Second World War. It was created in 1943 with the intention of serving as a front-line fighting unit, but it was mostly used for police and sentry work. It existed until May 1945, when the war came to a close, at which point it had 500 members.

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