Female Tank Commander
Back then, the Soviet Army did not have a lot of female officers. However, they produced some of the best soldiers in the war. Case in point: Aleksandra Samusenko. She led her crew to safety when her unit was ambushed and her commanding officer was killed in the Battle of Kursk.
Close Kamikaze Call
A key strategy in the Pacific theater was the Japanese kamikaze pilots. They were suicide bombers deployed to target the American warships. On some occasions, the naval forces were able to disable kamikaze planes by shooting at them before the soldiers jumped.