New Delhi: Before the war, it was generally expected that a working man was the main provider for his family. But nowadays, women are recruited to many jobs which would previously have been considered too physically hard for them to perform.They played a vital part in World war II. The war once again gave women the opportunity to show what they could do.In the beginning men criticized when women took step to make contribution in armed forces but later when the government of nations felt that the war was going to demand much more than the government had expected, Each branch of the armed services formed their own auxiliary corps for women.Here are some pics of women fighting World War II: Women's Air Corps. An officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force assists pilots of a Spitfire fighter squadron in a clay pigeon shoot by operating the clay pigeon trap. "Land Girls," were sent to battle to replace male members. Women, who recieved riflery training in China's army during World War II. American soldiers and war correspondents join male and female Red Army soldiers in Torgau, Germany, on April 27, 1945. Four female Italian anti-Fascist fighters relax as they await orders from their commander, 1944. An armorer at a Scottish Royal Air Force Base. Gower, shown at her base in Hatfield, Berkshire, created the Air Transport Auxiliary's Women's Section. Firefighters trying to contain the blaze during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service train as controllers of gun batteries,1944. A Member of America's Women's Air Corps.