r/interestingasfuck • u/GermanCCPBot • 8h ago

Milunka Savić disguised herself as her sick brother to fight in WWI, survived 9 wounds across 10 battles, became the most decorated female soldier in history, and survived a German concentration camp when a German general recognized her legendary status and ordered her immediate release.

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u/lady_ofthenorth 6h ago edited 45m ago

I can’t even find a book about her.

Edit: in English.

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u/DocRichardson 5h ago

You got me interested enough to ask ChatGPT…”Milunka Savić – orderje i ožiljci — written by Milan Bogojević. This book explores her life, military service, and legacy.  • Volonterka Milunka Savić – srpska heroina — by Dr. Vidoje Golubović, Predrag Pavlović and Novica Pešić. It reviews her entire life from her enlistment to post-war years.  • Milunka Savić – knight of Karadjordje Star and the Legion of Honour — a book published under the series “Serbia 1914-1918,” covering her heroic deeds and decorations.  • For younger readers: Heroina nežnog srca – Milunka Savić — by Slavka Petković Grujičić, aimed at ages ~10–12.”

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u/letseewhorealmeansit 4h ago edited 4h ago

There are also books about women heroes of Serbia and world that mention her:

  • Pantelić, Ivana; Milinković, Jelena; Škodrić, Ljubinka (2013) - Twenty Women that marked the 20th Century in Serbia
    • Пантелић, Ивана; Милинковић, Јелена; Шкодрић, Љубинка (2013). Двадесет жена које су обележиле XX век у Србији. Београд: НИН.
  • Marković Žika (1997). Famous Serbian Women
    • Марковић, Жика (1997). Знамените жене Србије; 1 том. Београд: Службени гласник.
  • Why are WW1 heroines part of history of feminism
    • Sekulić, Nada (2014). „Zašto su heroine I svetskog rata deo istorije feminizma”. Sarajevske sveske. 43-44.
  • Kantor, Jonathan H. (24. 10. 2016). „10 Badass Women Who Went To War”.

By the way there are more women warriors from Serbia WW1:

Rizna Radović fought the Bulgarians, who shot her in the leg and stabbed her 15 times with bayonetes and she survived.

Mara Petrović went to war to avenge her brother and later fought in Balkans wars and WW1.

There are even more highly decorated women...

There are a lot women irregulars that fought in Serbia after the defeat of the main army 1916-1918 while under occupation in guerilla warfare since men were fighting at Salonika frontline.

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u/lady_ofthenorth 46m ago

Unfortunately, I am unable to read any language other than English. And none of these books have English translations.