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English: Armed group of Epirot women, in Gjirokaster. August 1914.
Ελληνικά: Ένοπλο τμήμα από Ηπειρώτισσες. Αργυρόκαστρο 1914.
Date Αύγουστος 1914 / August 1914
Source Athens War Museum
Author Άγνωστος/Unknown
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They were local women - farmers'wives and daughters who, in both WW1 and again in WW2, took up weapons to keep their families safe while their men were away. Heroines in the truest sense of the word.

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