For most snipers, receiving threats from the enemy would be terrifying. For Lyudmila Pavlichenko, however, it was delightful. When the Germans threatened to tear her into 309 pieces, the exact number ...

In this case, “best” means “deadliest,” as in the deadliest female sniper in history, Leytenánt (lieutenant) Lyudmila Pavlichenko. “Miss Pavlichenko, well-known to fame/Russia’s your ...