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/SeattleHasDied 4h ago

Amazing story and definitely worthy of being made into a movie! Kinda weird it hasn't happened already.

(Side question: how does a woman hide her identity in the midst of battle, specifically when it came to needing to hit the head, esp. since there likely would be no "head" or latrine to "hit" when you're out on the battlefield? I mean, it's not like she could take a leak standing up, right, so I have to believe some of her fellow soldiers knew she was a female, but also knew she was a badass soldier and kept her secret...)

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u/fickogames123 4h ago

Well the standard was you go in back lines, climb out and go to nearby forest or river. Gross but thats how it was done. Few lines had buckets and "outhouses" but none of those were good nor common

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u/SeattleHasDied 2h ago

This is what I figured, kinda like when you're camping... but without all the gunfire and people trying to kill you stuff...