Lyudmila Pavlichenko joined the Red Army in 1941 and quickly became one of the most lethal snipers of World War II. Fighting at Odessa and Sevastopol, she endured counter-sniper duels, constant ...
During World War II, thousands of women stepped into combat roles within the Soviet Red Army, but few were as feared or as effective as their elite snipers. From the battlefields of Odessa to the ...