Servicewomen Of World War II

Campbell, D’Ann

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“…During the Second World War, they participated in the Battle of France in 1940 as well as in all the battles led by Free France, including actions in Gabon (1940), Bir-Hakeim (Italian Libya, 1942), andProvence (1944). In addition, the tirailleurs sénégalais constituted part of the Armée du Levant during the French Mandate (including of Vichy France) of Syria and Lebanon, especially between 1920and 1941(afterwards till 1945 Arab and Circassian troops took the heavy share, to be merged in the armies of post-independent Syria and Lebanon) (Albord 2000;Mollo 1981). Upon the establishment of this Army, which constituted four divisions in all, an infantry division from southern Anatolia was mobilized in the Middle East and included the seventeenth regiment of the tirailleurs.…”

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Tirailleurs Sénégalais in Modern Hebrew Poetry: Nathan Alterman

Bigon,

Langenthal

2023

Humanities

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This article expands on a poem written by one of the central figures in modern Hebrew literature, Nathan Alterman (1910–1970), entitled “About a Senegalese Soldier” (1945). Providing the first English translation of this poem and its first (academic) discussion in any language, the article analyzes the poem against contemporary geopolitical, historical, and literary backgrounds. The article’s transdisciplinary approach brings together imperial and colonial studies, African studies, and (Hebrew) literature studies. This unexpected combination adds originality to mainstream postcolonial perspectives through which the agency of the Senegalese riflemen [Tirailleurs sénégalais] has been often discussed in scholarly research. By using a rich variety of primary and secondary sources, the article also contributes to a more elaborated interpretation of Alterman’s poetry. This is achieved through embedding the poem on the tirailleur in a tripartite geopolitical context: local (British Mandate Palestine/Eretz-Israel), regional (the Middle East), and international (France-West Africa). The cultural histories and literary traditions in question are not normally cross-referenced in the relevant research literature and are less obvious to the anglophone reader.

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Tirailleurs Sénégalais in Modern Hebrew Poetry: Nathan Alterman

Bigon,

Langenthal

2023

Humanities

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“…Little is known about the experiences and outcomes of servicewomen, though they too have served their nations in large numbers. For example, in the United States, 350,000 women served in World War II; in Britain, over 500,000 served; and in the former Soviet Union, over 800,000 women served, many on the front lines (Campbell 1990; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Women Veterans 2000). The veteran population worldwide will age rapidly in the next couple decades, and the female veteran population in particular will increase dramatically.…”

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When Nations Call

Settersten

2006

Res Aging

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Most scholarship on aging is based on cohorts born early in the 20th century, and these cohorts have had significant experience with war. Wartime experiences may therefore be critical but largely hidden variables underlying current scientific knowledge about aging. Evidence marshaled in this article illustrates the powerful insights gained when research on this topic is guided by lifecourse propositions and data. It reveals how wartime military service, especially during World War II, affected the short- and long-ranging development of recruits. It also highlights the need to better account for the potential legacies of service for physical, psychological, and social functioning in late life. These matters will become increasingly important as sizable World War II and Korean veteran populations move through advanced old age, and as the Vietnam veteran population moves into old age. Systematic attention to the effects of wartime service is necessary to determine the degree to which contemporary knowledge about aging can be generalized to future cohorts.

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The Women of World War II

Campbell

2012

A Companion to World War II

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Servicewomen Of World War II

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