Lady Death
Subtitle: the memoirs of Stalin's sniper
By: Lyudmila Pavlichenko ; foreword by Martin Pegler ; translated by David Foreman ; edited by Alla Igorevna Begunova
Contributors: Pegler, Martin, 1954- writer of foreword; Foreman, David, translator; Begunova, Alla, editor
Series: Greenhill sniper library
Publisher: Greenhill Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781784382704
Subjects: Campaigns; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Women soldiers; Ukrainian Personal narratives; Snipers
Description: "Pavlichenko was World War II's best-scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America. 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 She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured: she was also regarded as a key heroic figure for the war effort." --Publisher description.
Notes: "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).
Table of contents: title: Factory walls; title: If there is a war; title: From the Prut to the Dnyestr; title: Frontiers of fire; title: The battle at Tatarka; title: Across the sea; title: Legendary Sevastopol; title: Forest trails; title: The second assault; title: Duel; title: On No-Name Height; title: The spring of 1942; title: A word from the Army Commander; title: Moscow stars; title: Mission to Washington; title: My darling; title: Island in the ocean; title: 'Comrade Stalin has ordered us . . .'; title: I am sidelined!.