Lady Death - The Beauty With a Sniper

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Just then, a deafening shot went off, Pavlichenko’s face and uniform were sprayed with the warm blood of a young comrade who was standing beside her. He was a cheerful lad, barely 20 years old. He lay mute and lifeless next to her, his body oozing blood. She was shell-shocked and devastated. An eerie pang of anger and revenge shot through her being, she wanted to avenge the boy’s death. Pavlichenko gripped firmly on her rifle, pulled shots at her enemy in a blind rage, and in that frenzy of shots, she claimed the first victims of her sniping record. Pavlichenko had proved to herself and her comrades that she was an unflinching sniper, and nothing will stop her from decimating the enemy interlopers. Pavlichenko calls this event a baptism of fire”.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko is one of the world’s deadliest female snipers. She was a terror on the battleground. Her cachet as a sniper was so popular that even the Germans kept count of her kills. They plotted her death umpteen times, but Pavlichenko escaped unscathed every single time. This book tells the story of a young Ukrainian girl who fought valiantly for her country, decimating her enemies like a boss. Her sniping badassery earned her the moniker “Lady Death” in the short span of her military career. Feared by the enemy and revered by her dear comrades, Pavlichenko lives in the hearts of several Russian young men and women as a beacon of inspiration. This is a must-read book for all.

Genre: History / Military / Weapons (fancy, right?)