Too bad it's more myth than history. On one side was Vasily Zaitsev, the Soviet army's deadliest sniper, with some 400 kills. On the other was one "Major Konig," the head of the German army's ...

Too bad it’s more myth than history. On one side was Vasily Zaitsev, the Soviet army’s deadliest sniper, with some 400 kills. On the other was one “Major Konig,” the head of the German ...

Snipers such as Vasily Zaitsev boosted the Soviet soldiers’ morale in their superhuman defense of Stalingrad. {***Sniper of Stalingrad***} On Christmas Day 1942, Radio Moscow broadcast a simple ...