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309 Dead Nazis
Ricci.Wright
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In 1916, the greatest female sniper of all time, Lyudmila Pavlichenko is born. As a member of the Soviet Army during World War II, she killed 309 Nazis, earning the name “Lady Death.” The feared Germans offered Pavlichenko lots of chocolate and to make her German officer in exchange for her to switch sides. After declining, the Germans said “if we catch you, we will tear you into 309 pieces and scatter them to the winds!” The Germans were unsuccessful and in 1974 Pavlichenko passed due to a stroke.
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Look around the eyes..... doesn't she remind you of Hillary?
No
The Russian girls loved the Mosin Nagant.
Hillary, no and heck no. What an insult to the fine sniper gal.
What are you smokin'????
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Don't be staring at Hillery's eyes, you'll turn to stone!
wimmin hate men
If all I had was a sharp stick before, and told to use it until a comrade falls and grab there gun I would love a rifle also
They Germans offered her chocolate at the time after killing 309, she refused, and they didn't kill her then and there.....yea right. Good story though...😉
just a guess I doubt it was in person offer to her I would guess by letter or word of mouth
. I would hope she knew it would have been a godfather offer you cant refuse ( or worse klinton offer you cant refuse LOL )
Inglorious Witch... She was in the Nazi Killin' business.
Yikes! What the hell was I drinking that night?
Thank you men. Steel sharpens steel. I needed that smack upside the head.
maybe in body count but we will never know 🤐 however looks no way
We're there Nazis in WW1?
About as many as there are apostrophes in "were."
As I sometimes remind my wife, the Russian women who were in the Russian Army as combat troops during WWII were viewed by the Germans as so nasty, mean and evil that the Germans would not put them in a POW camp. They were either executed upon capture or raped and then executed upon capture.
Russian women are very, very scary. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about!!
a fine movie about Lyudmila is available on YOU TUBE, mostly in Russian, but does have some English dialogue when she began a close friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt during a visit to the USA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MT7am9cPtI&list=PLBdpmXETGEfS5euaWWAhad7KRKBEVdRfE&index=48
Ricci, thanks for posting. Was into competitive rifle shooting about 20 years ago and going back a few decades so your post perked up my interest. Spent over two hours last night on PC researching Lyudmila. She was a very interesting woman when you put all the little pieces of information together. I think she was probably a very tormented woman and died so young at 58.
I knew a MOH recipient who lectured to cadets at the Point. Later on in life he took his own life. Sad.----------------------------------Ray
My baby granddaughter started shooting with me at age 10. At 12 she got her own rifle- and I told her she needed to name her rifle. She immediately told me her rifle would be Roza.