Marie Ljalková
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| Marie Ljalková | |
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 Marie Ljalková with an SVT-40 rifle |
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| Place of birth | Horodenka, Ukraine |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union Czechoslovakia |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Sokolovo |
| Awards | Order of the Red Star, Czechoslovakian War Cross |
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Marie Ljalková (b. December 3, 1920) was a Czech sniper in the Soviet Army during World War II. Ljalková (neé Petrušáková) was born in Horodenka, Ukraine to a family of Volhynian Czechs.
Ljalková joined the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion as a volunteer in March 1942, aged 21, and graduated from a three-month sniper school in Buzuluk.
Her first combat experience came during the three-day Battle of Sokolovo (March 8 - March 11, 1943) when she was credited with killing seven German soldiers, earning her immediate ace status. She later became a sniper instructor of the Czechoslovak and Soviet infantry, and was at some point an ambulance driver.
[edit] Awards
She was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills during the war, and earned recognition with the Soviet Order of the Red Star and the Czechoslovakian War Cross.
[edit] After World War II
After the war, she studied medicine, and worked as a military doctor in Olomouc and in the Central Military Hospital in Prague. She eventually attained the rank of colonel and currently lives in Brno.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- Láník, Jaroslav - Vojenské osobnosti československého odboje 1939-1945 (2005) ISBN 80-7278-233-9
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