Lyudmila Pavlichenko: The Deadliest Female Sniper in History
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper during World War II and is considered the deadliest female sniper in history. Born on July 12, 1916, in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, Pavlichenko was a university student studying history when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. She immediately volunteered for the Red Army and requested to join…