Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev was one of the most well-known Soviet snipers during the Second World War, with an extraordinary capability to hit during the ...

As the world marks 75 years since surrender of Nazi Germany, these are the stories of women such as the spy princess, the White Mouse and Soviet sniper Lady Death. Cheng Benhua: Resistance leader ...

How could you publish such photos in the papers?'" Anatoly told his nephew that sometimes a skilled Soviet sniper could stop a Tiger by shooting the driver through the tank's vision slit.

There are just nine qualified female snipers in the U.S. military today. As that number grows, those women will be comparing themselves to a Russian girl who began working at a munitions factory ...

Alexievich’s book recounts the experiences of hundreds of Soviet women who volunteered in World War II after a staggering ... women who served in the war as snipers, pilots, tank drivers ...

the protagonist is a young woman whose idol and role model is Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916-1974), a highly decorated Soviet sniper during World War II. Born in Ukraine, she enlisted in the Red ...