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Notes of a Sniper by Neil Okrent, V. G. Zaitsev (2003, Book, Illustrated)
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Author: Neil Okrent,V. G. Zaitsev
Publisher: 2826 Press
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN-10: 0615121489
ISBN-13: 9780615121482
Product ID: EPID50571934
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Notes of a SniperReview created: 05/21/09
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amazing book, a must read for any ww2 fanatic. written by one of the greatest russian snipers of all time, Vassili Zaitsev.
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) Very good book despite the obvious Soviet propoganda. To this day no records exist other then the Russians claims that a Major Konigs existed.
There are no record of Konigs running the sniper school near Berlin or a Konigs being listed in any German miltary records.
Still a recomended read for history buffs. Also Zeitsev's own personal field notes from the battle of Stalingrad never mention a Major Konigs or a super sniper and of course the Russians do not have Konigs paybook or military documents that the book cliams Zaitsev turned in his superiors!
No doubt Zaitsev engaged many top German snipers, but the Konig story was fabricated as good old Soviet propoganda.
There are no record of Konigs running the sniper school near Berlin or a Konigs being listed in any German miltary records.
Still a recomended read for history buffs. Also Zeitsev's own personal field notes from the battle of Stalingrad never mention a Major Konigs or a super sniper and of course the Russians do not have Konigs paybook or military documents that the book cliams Zaitsev turned in his superiors!
No doubt Zaitsev engaged many top German snipers, but the Konig story was fabricated as good old Soviet propoganda.
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Outstanding War History, Gripping Account of Stalingrad
) This is the real story of the Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev, told in his own words. The original Russian version dates from 1957 and was published by a Soviet military press in Vladivostok. Included in the appendices is a short version of the book that Zaitsev dictated to reporters on the scene in Stalingrad, during the battle. The 1957 version is expanded with the more contemplative, older Zaitsev providing more detail and more description of the different personalities and events. The chaos of this battle and the Russians poor strategy in the beginning , which was to just pour men into the meat grinder, makes for
an astonishing read, even for the hardened reader of WW2 histories. The average life expectancy of a Russian soldier during the first few weeks of the battle was 24 hours !!! Zaitsev was not a sniper at the beginning but was a messenger for a rifle company. He had never shot with a telescopic site and never even seen one in use. He was amazed when he saw a fellow Russian soldier take out a Nazi machine gunner with a few well-aimed shots with a sniper rifle. Zaitsev tried to get into the sniper unit and was turned down at his first request, he was only made a sniper when his commanding officer saw him
shoot some machine gunners at 600 yards, using a rifle with ordinary open sights. Then he was assigned to follow a trained sniper around for a few days and that was the only specific training he had. Zaitsev was a book-keeper in the Pacific Fleet based at Vladivostok. He volunteered to fight at Stalingrad and was part of a small contingent of sailors (including at least one fellow book-keeper) who were despatched to Stalingrad along with hundreds of thousands of other soviet soldiers.
As for the German super-sniper that Zaitsev battled with, and whether or not this story is true, please see the following link , it is Zaitsev himself being interviewed years after the battle, on the Mamayev Hill site.
http://www.youtube.com/wa
an astonishing read, even for the hardened reader of WW2 histories. The average life expectancy of a Russian soldier during the first few weeks of the battle was 24 hours !!! Zaitsev was not a sniper at the beginning but was a messenger for a rifle company. He had never shot with a telescopic site and never even seen one in use. He was amazed when he saw a fellow Russian soldier take out a Nazi machine gunner with a few well-aimed shots with a sniper rifle. Zaitsev tried to get into the sniper unit and was turned down at his first request, he was only made a sniper when his commanding officer saw him
shoot some machine gunners at 600 yards, using a rifle with ordinary open sights. Then he was assigned to follow a trained sniper around for a few days and that was the only specific training he had. Zaitsev was a book-keeper in the Pacific Fleet based at Vladivostok. He volunteered to fight at Stalingrad and was part of a small contingent of sailors (including at least one fellow book-keeper) who were despatched to Stalingrad along with hundreds of thousands of other soviet soldiers.
As for the German super-sniper that Zaitsev battled with, and whether or not this story is true, please see the following link , it is Zaitsev himself being interviewed years after the battle, on the Mamayev Hill site.
http://www.youtube.com/wa
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