During the war, Anisya Tikhonova performed the duties of a telephone operator, a signalperson, an observer of the airspace for the timely detection of enemy aircraft. She participated in the battles on the Kursk bulge, in the liberation of Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. She finished her combat path in Berlin on May 9, 1945. She was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree and numerous medals.