Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper (Greenhill Sniper Library)

Synopsis

In June 1941, When Hitler Launched Operation Barbarossa, She Left Her University Studies, Ignored The Offer Of A Position As A Nurse, To Become One Of Soviet Russia's 2000 Female Snipers. Less Than A Year Later She Had 309 Recorded Kills, Including 29 Enemy Sniper Kills. She Was Withdrawn From Active Duty After Being Injured. She Was Also Regarded As A Key Heroic Figure For The War Effort. She Spoke At Rallies In Canada And The Us And The Folk Singer Woody Guthrie Wrote A Song, 'killed By A Gun' About Her Exploits. Her Us Trip Included A Tour Of The White House With Fdr. In November 1942 She Visited Coventry And Accepted Donations Of £4,516 From Coventry Workers To Pay For Three X-ray Units For The Red Army. She Also Visited A Birmingham Factory As Part Of Her Fundraising Tour.--amazon.com. Factory Walls -- If There Is A War -- From The Prut To The Dnyestr -- Frontiers Of Fire -- The Battle At Tatarka -- Across The Sea -- Legendary Sevastopol -- Forest Trails -- The Second Assault -- Duel -- On No-name Height -- The Spring Of 1942 -- A Word From The Army Commander -- Moscow Stars -- Mission To Washington -- My Darling -- Island In The Ocean -- 'comrade Stalin Has Ordered Us . . .' -- I Am Sidelined!. Lyudmila Pavlichenko ; Foreword By Martin Pegler ; Translated By David Foreman ; Edited By Alla Igorevna Begunova. First Published By Veche Publishers (moscow) In 2015 As 'i - Sniper : In Battles For Sevastopol And Odessa'--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 247-252).