Английская Википедия:Guangxi Women's Battalion
The Guangxi Women's Battalion was a women's unit formed in 1938 in Guangxi, China.[1] It was one of several corps that were founded following an appeal by Soong Mei-ling for women to support the Sino-Japanese War effort in 1937.[2][3] Similar units included: the Yunnan Women's Battlefield Service Unit,[4] Zhejiang Women's Guerrilla Band,[5][6] Hunan War Service Corps,[7] and others.
In Guangxi, an initial appeal aimed to recruit 1200 students (both men and women), but over 18,000 initially signed up.[1] Of these 4,269 were selected for service, and of the women chosen, most trained as combat medics with the Fifth Route Army.[1] Reports on the size of the battalion vary from 130 students,[8] to 500,[9] to 800.[2] The battalion fought in southern China.[8]
According to anthropologist Elisabeth Croll, the Guangxi Women's Battalion was "the most famous of the girls' military units" in China.[7]
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