{"product_id":"lady-death-the-memoirs-of-stalins-sniper","title":"Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper","description":"The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLess 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 She was withdrawn from active duty after being injured.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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe spoke at rallies in Canada and the US and the folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote a song, 'Killed By A Gun' about her exploits. Her US 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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 58, and was buried in Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery.","brand":"Greenhill Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944111636711,"sku":"9781784382704","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_f9078062-1ca2-4ea0-bb29-fbf9abb97ab3.jpg?v=1775352843","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/lady-death-the-memoirs-of-stalins-sniper","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}