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In June 1941, when Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, Lyudmila Pavlichenko left her university studies and 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 twenty-nine 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 She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured.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 U.S., and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, Killed By A Gun, about her exploits. Her U.S. 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. She never returned to combat but trained other snipers. After the war, she finished her education at Kiev University and began a career as a historian. She died on October 10, 1974 at age fifty-eight, and was buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.

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Pavlichenko's skills with a rifle are matched in this magnificent memoir by her abilities as a writer...Arguably the finest account of sniping during World War II. -- Adrian Gilbert, author of Challenge of Battle

"""Pavlichenko's skills with a rifle are matched in this magnificent memoir by her abilities as a writer...Arguably the finest account of sniping during World War II."" -- ""Adrian Gilbert, author of Challenge of Battle"""

""Pavlichenko's skills with a rifle are matched in this magnificent memoir by her abilities as a writer...Arguably the finest account of sniping during World War II."" -- ""Adrian Gilbert, author of Challenge of Battle""

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Lyudmila Pavlichenko was one of the top scoring snipers of World War II, with 309 recorded kills. She died on October 10th, 1974. Martin Pegler was curator of firearms at the Royal Armories for twenty years and during his career shot almost every historic and current sniping rifle. He is the author of a dozen books about firearms, but specializes in the development sniper and technology of sniping. He lives in France with his wife. Martin Pegler was curator of firearms at the Royal Armories for twenty years and during his career shot almost every historic and current sniping rifle. He is the author of a dozen books about firearms, but specializes in the development sniper and technology of sniping. He lives in France with his wife. Emily Durante has been narrating audiobooks for over ten years and is also an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning audiobook director. She has been acting since the age of seven and has performed in a number of stage productions at the professional, collegiate, and regional levels.

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