Soviet female POW in German captivity, 1941. German soldiers were ordered to execute female servicemen on the spot

 Soviet female POW in German captivity, 1941. German soldiers were ordered to execute female servicemen on the spot

 Soviet female POW in German captivity, 1941. German soldiers were ordered to execute female servicemen on the spot. Often before doing so, these unfortunate women faced all sorts of humiliations and abuse from their captors

The Germans had very sexist views on society and viewed the practice of having women serving in the military and participating in combat as barbaric. Orders were passed by German generals where they told their

men to execute female soldiers on the spot. Add to this the fact that Germans viewed Slavic people as subhumans half of whom needed to be exterminated which doesn't make this order seem unreal.

Nazi Germany didn't let women work in essential war industries for the same reason. Instead they

imported men from occupied countries (especially slavs) to serve as industrial slaves/serfs. When the Third Reich finally went to a total war economy it was in 1944 and way too late to change anything

Instead they imported men from occupied countries (especially slavs) to serve as industrial slaves/serfs.

And if I recall they ran into a lot of issues with sub-standard products as a result. If the guy making your fancy new jet fighter is a slave who hates you, you may run into QC issues.