I'm reading Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad for the umpteenth time and it reminded me of how the Soviet Union used women in the military during WWII.
Most Soviet women soldiers served in support roles, kind of like the American WACs and WASPs and WAVEs. This freed up men for the combat roles.
But, when the situation at the front grew more desperate, women did serve in combat roles as well. Apparently, there was a squadron of female night bomber crews. Women also drove tanks (one even commanded a SU-152) and manned AT and artillery guns.
Because of National Socialism's views on a woman's place in German society, very few German women served in anything other than an indirect support capacity (there were a couple of notable female test pilots, IIRC).
In the Twilight War, with all participants suffering casualties on a colossal scale, women would be needed to serve in a variety of roles in the military, both support and combat.
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