Roza Shanina was a 20-year-old girl, having worked in a kindergarten to make ends meet and support herself through school. When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, leading to her brothers' deaths, she ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Lyudmila Pavlichenko originally wanted to be a teacher.

December 24, 2023: In Ukraine Russia is reviving the World War II practice of employing women as snipers and, since this is the 21st Century, UAV operators as well. For service in Ukraine, qualified ...

Imagine a woman so feared by the enemy she earned a battlefield nickname that sounded like folklore and menace at the same time: “Lady Death.” But the myth never quite matched the reality. Lyudmila ...

The sacrifices made by women combatants in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia remain largely unrecognised. One of them told BIRN how she still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, three decades ...

The U.S. Army school graduated its first active-duty female sniper in November, the Army recently announced. Sgt. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Europe, was one of ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa VICENZA, Italy — A close friend told her there was no way she could do it. She would not make it in the Army, and there was even less chance of ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out ...