History Is Dank

Lady Death

08.16.2022 - By All Things ComedyPlay

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Lyudmila Pavlichenko was the most effective female sniper in all of WWII. The Red Army wanted her to enlist as a nurse until she proved how surgical she was with a rifle. Strider explores the inspiring and tragic story of her service. 

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Sources: Wikipedia.org, Smithsonianmag.com ‘Eleanor Roosevelt and the Soviet Sniper’ by Gilbert King, Nationalww2museum.org ‘“Lady Death” of the Red Army: Lyudmila Pavlichenko’ by Connie Gentry, History.com, Todayifoundout.com

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