Many canadian women wanted to play an active role in the war and lobbied the government to form military organizations for women in 1941 42 the military was forever changed as it created its own womens forces women were now able for the first time in our history to serve canada in uniform more than 50000 women served in the armed forces during the second world war. Three young women join the newly formed womens army corps wacs for varied reasons and make contributions to the war effort. Treating its timely themes with a deceptively light touch woman at war is easy to enjoy in the moment yet its impact lingers long after the closing credits roll. Woman at war kona fer i strid is a 2018 icelandic ukrainian comedy drama film written produced and directed by benedikt erlingsson and starring halldora geirhardsdottir