On the Road to Stalingrad : Memoirs of a Woman Machine Gunner

Describes the desperate struggle for Odessa and Sevastopol (1941-1942), as witnessed by a woman non-commissioned officer. Though half-blinded, this remarkable woman soldier eventually becomes an officer and is put in command of a machine-gun company.

ZM Smirnova-Medvedeva Kazimiera J. Cottam (Editor & Translator)
Softcover 132 pages 2006

On the Road to Stalingrad : Memoirs of a Woman Machine Gunner