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Sturgeon Catch 1942: The Siege of Sevastopol
World War II History Magazine & Warfare History Network
“If the Germans rightly considered the taking of Sevastopol a heroic feat of their infantry, so too the Soviets justifiably glorified their defense”
by Ludwig Heinrich Dyck
By late October 1941, the armies of the Third Reich had swept deep into western Soviet Russia. Leningrad lay under siege and panzer spearheads reached to within 40 miles of Moscow. The German Sixth Army, part of Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt’s Army Group South, occupied Kharkov with the First Panzer Army striking for Rostov.
On Rundstet’s southern flank, General of Infantry Erich von Manstein’s Eleventh Army punched through the tough Soviet defenses of the Perekop isthmus. The 10-day, hotly contested battle for the Isthmus netted 100,000 Soviet prisoners and opened the door to the Crimea.
The Soviets Take a Stand a Sevastopol
Through the centuries, a myriad of peoples had fough
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Soviet Super Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko
In 1942, Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet frontline sniper, was sent on a mission to convince US and British allies to open up a Second Front against Hitler’s forces. The ‘Guerrilla Queen’ was feted at sites of bomb damage, munitions factories and shipyards, entertained at the White House and in Whitehall, addressing thousands. Her arrival in Washington DC coincided with a historic moment of American-Soviet friendship, even while the press found the female sniper, with her claimed tally of 309 German kills, rather shocking. She sneered at their questions about make-up and clothes, asked why women factory workers were paid less than men and protested when barred from boarding a Royal Navy warship.
But Pavlichenko, whose frontline experience had earned her the right to such plain speaking, was actually the latest in a long line of Russian female combatants. Journalists had already forgotten the earlier fascination with the firs
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a.k.a. “Lady Death” Was The Greatest Soviet kvinnlig Sniper
World War II history is often filled with stories glorifying the bravery of the men who fought to defend their countries. Most ladies were at home doing their duty in factory jobs and taking care of the home front, but one 24-year-old woman dedicated her life to killing Nazis. Her name was Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and she was a sniper on behalf of the Soviet Union. She had a kill count of 309, which made her the single most successful female sniper in all of history. After the war was over, she toured the United States, and formed an unexpected friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt before she went back to a very normal life. Decades have gone by, and her memory has nearly been forgotten. Lyudmila Pavlichenko deserves to be honored for risking her life for her country.
Pavlichenko Wanted Revenge on the Nazis
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born inBila Tserkva, which is modern-day Ukraine. When she was a youn