Symbolic of this resurrection was the story of Stalingrad’s most celebrated hero, the accountant-turned-sniper, Vasily Zaitsev. He landed in Stalingrad on September 22, 1942 and within a week ...

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 ...

Vasily Zaitsev, a renowned sniper in the Soviet military, reportedly engaged in a high-stakes duel with Erwin König, the Wehrmacht’s reputed ace sniper, during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vasily Zaitsev, a renowned sniper in the Soviet military, reportedly engaged in a high-stakes duel with Erwin König, the Wehrmacht’s reputed ace sniper, during the Battle of Stalingrad.

career of the deadly sniper Vasily Zaitsev. That movie portrayed the expert Zaitsev as a hero in trying to cut down Wehrmacht officers and soldiers on behalf of the Soviet cause. It reminded ...