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During the Second World War large numbers of women served in every branch of the Red Army in a variety of roles. Not to be crude, but how did the Soviet leadership deal with their periods? Was that even a problem taken into consideration? Did they get any government issued maxi pads or tampons?

by /u/nowlan101 in /r/AskHistorians

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