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French women fusing shells at a munitions factory. In Britain, female workers in ammunition plants were dubbed “canary girls” because prolonged exposure to trinitrotoluene (TNT) in the shells turned their skin yellow.
Index of all military combat aircraft and related systems used by France during the air war of World War 1.
22 Αυγ 2016 · The sector was now worth some 5 million francs, equivalent to almost 13 per cent of pre-war national output, and employed 183,000 people – almost a quarter of them women. During the conflict French manufacturers turned out over 52,000 aircraft in 365 different types, annual production of airframes rising from 541 in 1914 to 24,652 in 1918 ...
Years of international tension and aggressive expansion by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany culminated in the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. Nieuport 28 single-seat fighter biplane. Post-war civil registered aircraft.
Pages in category "French women in World War I". The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1917, Dr. Chassaing in France was given some old Dorand AR-II aircraft to convert into airplane ambulances, which he did, and which he subsequently flew on the Amiens front for a short period, mostly for testing.
22 Μαρ 2016 · The role of women in World War II has been immortalized through iconic images like Rosie the Riveter proclaiming “Yes We Can!” and WASPs earning their wings. Stories of women flooding the workforce in the absence of men dominate history books and films.
