Great game however I'm also a little bit concerned about the gender politics at the end given that women played an key role (the USSR even had female fighter aces) in the armed forces in Word War II, albeit mostly a non combat one as well, along with helping resistance fighters. As result they were not entirely defenceless which is what the fact at the end of the game could be interpreted as saying.
A really good game. I've got a couple of suggestions though you may want to think about promotion and relegation between the different leagues if it's possible to do so. Also it could be interesting to see title defences once a player won the King's League but didn't manage to win against The King after a number of attempts say 3-4 challenges.