Roza Shanina was a 20-year-old girl, having worked in a kindergarten to make ends meet and support herself through school.
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 ...
The Bridgeville Area Historical Society opened the new year with one of its rare Sunday afternoon programs. The speaker was a young lady named Dana del Bianco who specialized in studying Stalinism at ...
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those ...
NATICK, Mass. – The terrors of World War II impacted most of the world’s women, both on the home and battlefronts. A new exhibition opening Friday at the International Museum of World War II in Natick ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Soviet Union certainly embraced the sniper, perhaps more than any other combatant during World War II, fielding them in larger numbers and on a wider scale ...
Not much is known about Ivan Ivanovich Larkin. However, in the 10 years preceding WWII, the Soviet Union uniquely established specialized sniper units. The high level of proficiency of these Soviet ...