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A piece of history that I was not aware of during the battle of Sevastapol in WWII...
Song about famous Russian female sniper:
"Miss Pavilichenko"
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

Miss Pavilichenko's well known to fame;
Russia's your country,fighting is your game;
The whole world will love her for a long time to come,
For more than three hundred Nazis fell by your gun.

Miss Pavilichenko's well known to fame:
Russia's your country, fighting is your game;
Your smile shines as bright
As my new morning sun.
But more than three hundred nazisdogs fell by your gun.

In you mountains and canyons
Quiet as the deer.
Down in your bigtrees knowing no fear.
You lift up your sight,
And down comes a hun;
And more than three hundred nazidogs
Fell by your gun.

In your hot summer's heat,
In your cold wintery snow,
In all kinds of weather you track down your foe,
This world will love your sweet face
The same way I've done,
'Cause more than three hundred nazzy hound
Fell by your gun.

I'd hate to drop in a parachute
And land and enemy in your land;
If your Soviet people make it so hard on invadin' men:
Of such a pretty lady's gun
If her name was Pavilichenko, and mine Three O One.

Fell by your gun, yes, Fell by your gun,
For more than three hundred Nazis fell by your gun.

Very interesting.
I did not know about her, nor the other women snipers of WWII.

James.

Thanks, this is very interesting. It prompted me to go on line to read more. I clicked on the link about her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt one found that very interesting. Jerry Blais

I recently read a book titled "City of Thieves", by David Benioff. A Russian Jewish woman sniper (Vika) is one of the main characters. If you have a chance to read it, (although it's an historical fiction novel) it's more than a little enlightening.

I find it fascinating that Dr. Ruth Westheimer was once a sniper of the Israeli Haganah (a Jewish paramilitary group) in 1948. Women are reported to generally be better marksmen, than men.

Best,
Fran

There is a great movie about this titled "Battle For Sevastopol" (2015)
You can watch it for free on Amazon Prime

Trailer for movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfOuqMOmDk