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 ...

Japan has produced a wide range of manga and anime about the horrors of World War II, but the recent ... thoughts of more than 500 women who served in the war as snipers, pilots, tank drivers ...

During World War II, Soviet women served as snipers, pilots, and front-line soldiers. In other parts of the world, female soldiers have gradually gained more opportunities within the armed forces.