Women's Volunteer Division

The Women's Volunteer Divisions, sometimes known as the Scarlet Divisions (not to be confused with the Vangerist "Scarlet Army"), are four divisions of volunteers raised by Radovia during the Great Eidoran War, comprising entirely out of women. The divisions were formed by the order of Empress Terezina in an attempt to use the nationalist zeal of some women to relieve pressure of the army, which was in a difficult position after one and a half years of fighting. An estimate of 80,000 women in total would serve in the divisions.

1st
Unusual for a military unit so strongly associated with the Imperial throne and nationalistic zeal, the 1st Division would actually join the Republican cause as the civil war kicked off, though none of the republican armies were willing to incorporate the division, leading to them fighting on their own, only ever accepting female volunteers.

2nd "Khrabry"
Initially sent on garrison duty in northern Zvogoria, the 2nd division was pulled into the defence of Bezdna Studni as the Commonwealth began to break through the first lines. In the first true combat test of the female soldiers, they proved exceptional zeal and morale, earning the division the name "Khrabry" or "Brave". Despite the successful first contact with warfare, the division suffered heavy casualties during the battle, and was almost entirely decimated by its end. Because of this, the division was disbanded just before the Autumn offensive, and the remaining members dispersed into the other three divisions. Many of the survivors were at this point experienced officers, something the female volunteers lacked since military service for women was normally not allowed, and this proved to be a great boon for the remaining divisions throughout the rest of the war and even the ensuing civil war.

3rd
The 3rd division would be stationed in various garrison locations during the war before finally finding themselves in Satímaa in 1920, just before the end of the war. There they remained when the civil war broke out, and the unit slowly dwinled in numbers as desserters either hoped to return home, or join up with Imperial units actually engaged in the civil war. By the time of the Druthenian offensive, a small battallion remained and fought with great ferocity before being forced to surrender after a four day battle.

The remaining members who managed to reconnect with the Imperial Army fought with distinction until the surrender in 1926, and the 3rd division was thus disbanded.

4th
The eventual black sheep of the women's divisions, most of the 4th would form the core of the Radovian Salvation Front, a cruel organisation that would commit ethnic cleansing and destruction in its wake during the civil war.

Engagements
Battle of Bezdna Studni