Download or read book Deadly Sniper Duels The War Story of Controversial Duel Between The Soviet Sniper Expert Vasily Zaitsev And The Mysterious Top Nazi Sniper in WW2 written by Edgar Wollstone and published by AJS. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game ‘hide and seek’ will be a sweetest memory of childhood for everyone. There was a sniper in the history of World War II who copied such a pattern in real life. It was a boy who had been raised from woods and mountains, and he learned the lessons of hunting from his grandfather and trained it on wolves and deer. Seeing his father being strong in fight, he too felt such a desire, for which he first joined the Navy. He reached the frontline as the next step. He slowly became an expert in handling rifles from the knowledge he acquired from his grandfather in his childhood. With that ability he had been promoted as a sniper. It’s none other than Vasily Zaitsev, the famous Soviet sniper of World War II. After entering the area of sniping, he became the head of several mysterious events. This book brings to the readers the findings of a short journey towards the reality of such cases. One of the important ones among those was a duel lasting just a few days with the Soviet sniper Zaitsev and an apocryphal German sniper. It is also said to be a mystifying incident. This book also introduces some of the sniping techniques that are still followed and copied from Zaitsev’s life. This helps to understand the life of a sniper who constantly imitated the movements of a rat on the battlefield, the weird situations he went through, and the tactics that take place on one side of the battle. It gives you a chance to see a picture of war that no one has seen much of.
Download or read book Notes of a Russian Sniper written by Vassili Zaitsev and published by Frontline. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'As a sniper, I've killed more than a few Nazis. I have a passion for observing enemy behaviour. You watch a Nazi officer come out of a bunker, acting all high and mighty, ordering his soldiers every which way, and putting on an air of authority. The officer hasn't got the slightest idea that he only has seconds to live.' Vassili Zaitsev's account of the hell that was Stalingrad is moving and harrowing. This was a battle to the death - fighting street by street, brick by brick, living like rats in a desperate struggle to survive. Here, the rules of war were discarded and a psychological war was being waged. In this environment, the sniper was king - an unseen enemy who frayed the nerves of brutalised soldiers. Zaitsev volunteered to fight at Stalingrad in 1942. His superiors recognized quickly his talent, and made him a sniper. He adapted his hunting skills to the ruins of the city, watching his prey with nerves of steel. In his first 10 days, Zaitsev killed 40 Germans. He achieved at least 225 kills and the tactics he developed are still being studied. Zaitsev was used a symbol of Russian resistance against the Nazis. His exploits, including a famous 'duel' with a Nazi sniper, remain the stuff of legend. His account is absorbing to anyone interested in World War II and seeing how one person could survive in the most extreme of conditions.
Download or read book Notes of a Russian Sniper written by Vasiliĭ Grigorʹevich Zaĭt︠s︡ev and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zaitsev volunteered to fight at Stalingrad in 1942. His superiors recognized quickly his talent, and made him a sniper. He adapted his hunting skills to the ruins of the city, watching his prey with nerves of steel. In his first 10 days, Zaitsev killed 40 Germans. He achieved at least 225 kills and the tactics he developed are still being studied."--Publisher.
Download or read book 500 Kills Sniper Ivan Sidorenko written by Edgar Wollstone and published by AJS. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who would have thought an art lover would excel in the art of killing? Ivan Sidorenko’s story is an anomaly in more ways than one. Born in a poor peasant family, Sidorenko’s prospects looked bleak, but he overcame every hurdle to become one of the deadliest snipers in the world occupying a position next to the terror on the battlefield, the Finnish sniper Simo Hayha. Sidorenko’s technique was simple, one shot, one kill. Coming from a country that encouraged sniping techniques in war, Sidorenko’s feat may not seem out of the ordinary but indeed it is. Despite receiving no official training, Sidorenko mastered the art of sniping. When Sidorenko blasted off an enemy tank with the incendiary bullet he used, his commanders knew he was way too valuable to be risked on the frontline. How did Sidorenko become adept at a sport that he never learned at all? What is sniping and how did it come about to be used in World War 2? How did snipers sway the scales of victory in World War Two? Get this book on Ivan Sidorenko, the deadliest sniper of Soviet to know all about sniping, snipers, and how Ivan Sidorenko’s kill count soared to 500 confirmed kills in just three years of war service. If Simo Hayha and his extraordinary sniping brilliance have captivated you, then read the story of the only man who could reach the benchmark set by the White Death.
Download or read book Vassili Zaitsev Hero Of The Soviet Union written by MST William A. Rost and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Sergeant Vassili Zaitsev emerged from the battle of Stalingrad as an unlikely Soviet war hero with his actions conducted out of love for his country and a severe patriotic belief. MSG Zaitsev played a key role in the destruction and surrender of the German 6th Army. Note this is a short biography hence the price.
Download or read book Red Sniper on the Eastern Front written by Joseph Pilyushin and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping memoir of a Soviet sniper who fought against the Nazis during the siege of Leningrad and throughout World War II. Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier. His first-hand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle and into the desperate fight put up by Soviet forces to defend Leningrad. Pilyushin, who lived in Leningrad with his family, was already 35 years-old when the war broke out and he was drafted. He started in the Red Army as a scout, but once he had demonstrated his marksmanship and steady nerve, he became a sniper. He served throughout the Leningrad siege, from the late 1941 when the Wehrmacht’s advance was halted just short of the city to its liberation during the Soviet offensive of 1944. His descriptions of grueling front-line life, of his fellow soldiers, and of his sniping missions are balanced by his vivid recollections of the protracted suffering of Leningrad’s imprisoned population and of the grief that was visited upon him and his family. His narrative will be fascinating reading for anyone eager to learn about the role and technique of the sniper during the Second World War. It is also a memorable eyewitness account of one man’s experience on the Eastern Front.
Download or read book Notes of a Sniper written by Vasiliĭ Grigorʹevich Zaĭt︠s︡ev and published by U.S. Publishers. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red Army Sniper written by Yevgeni Nikolaev and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I did not regard myself as a slacker. Even in childhood I taught myself to carry out tasks entrusted conscientiously and carefully. In war, it is no secret that the casual don't survive'.Yevgeni Nikolaev was one of Russias leading snipers of World War II and his memoir provides and unparalleled account of front-line action in crucial theaters of war. Nikolaev is credited with a remarkable 324 kills and his wartime service included time in the siege of Leningrad in 1941/1942.His memoir is not a neutral, apolitical account. Far from it. Nikolaev asserts, for example, that Finland attacked Russia. As a member of the NKVD, it is not surprising that his memoir full of historical misinterpretation and justification of the agencys actions.Equally, Nikoalev is dismissive of his Nazi opponents. On several occasions, he discusses his Nazi counterparts as bandits and scum, and implores the reader to take a look, fellows, at the beast of a bastard Ive laid low.In vivid, arresting recollections he paints his actions in a saintly heroic light. He describes the comfort of the German foxholes, wired with telephone connections, relative to the Russians who fasted without food or water awaiting the moment for a perfect shot. He claims the Russian soldier was a moral warrior, killing only with head or heart shots.In addition to describing details of his kills, Nikolaev explains how his life was saved when an explosive rifle bullet struck a watch that he kept in his jacket pocket. His life was saved by a surgeon who extracted all the watch parts.
Download or read book Stalingrad in the crosshairs written by W. T. Wallenda and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the inhuman and brutal battle for Stalingrad, German and Russian snipers roam the ruins like angels of death, spreading fear and terror. Katja Kalikova lost her husband to German bombs and her youngest son, Boris, to a Soviet bullet. Since then, she and her 8-year-old son, Grisha, have been fighting for their daily survival. Major Erwin Koenig is an officer in the Wehrmacht and was stationed in Stalingrad. When his son Rolf is also sent to Stalingrad and falls victim to Russian snipers, Koenig has only one goal left. To avenge his son's death, the former sniper instructor sets his sights on living Russian sniper legend Vasily Saizev. Koenig blazes a bloody trail through dying Stalingrad, quickly turning from hunter to hunted. When Katja and Major Koenig's paths fatefully cross, they make a pact to defeat Saizew. The fate of the soldiers fighting in Stalingrad, as well as that of the Russian civilians forced to remain in the city, is portrayed bleakly, coldly, and without pathos. A few exemplary original photos from the Second World War and accompanying drawings illustrate the Battle of Stalingrad and the legendary sniper duel between Saizev and Koenig.
Download or read book Voices of Snipers written by John Walter and published by Greenhill Books. This book was released on 2022-05-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on an incredible breadth of first-hand testimony, this is a unique collection of eyewitness accounts from World War I and II. John Walter draws on meticulous research and the reminiscences of more than fifty snipers, tracing their journeys from recruitment and selection through training, combat and its aftermath to reveal a surprising commonality of experience, even across nationalities. Laying bare the triumphs and brutalities of sniping, the personalities and psychologies of those who found themselves doing it and considering the immediate implications on both the sniper and the wider theatre of war, this is a fascinating, detailed insight into frontline combat and the experience of sharpshooting in its historical context. The book is appended with the complete diary of Russian sniper Roza Shanina, who is still celebrated today for her remarkable shooting accuracy and astonishing bravery. Her diary offers a rare insight into the complexities of what it was to be both a sniper and a woman on the frontline.
Download or read book Girl with a Sniper Rifle written by Yulia Zhukova and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vivid first-hand account we gain unique access to the inner workings of Stalin's Central Women’s Sniper School, near Podolsk in Western Russia. Luliia was a dedicated member of the Komsomol (the Soviet communist youth organisation) and her parents worked for the NKVD. She started at the sniper school and eventually became a valued member of her battalion during operations against Prussia. She persevered through eight months of training before leaving for the Front on 24th November 1944 just days after qualifying. Joining the third Belorussian Front her battalion endured rounds of German mortar as well as loudspeaker announcements beckoning them to come over to the German side. Luliia recounts how they would be in the field for days, regularly facing the enemy in terrifying one-on-one encounters. She sets down the euphoria of her first hit and starting her “battle count” but her reflection on how it was also the ending of a life. These feelings fade as she recounts the barbarous actions of Hitler’s Nazi Germany. She recall how the women were once nearly overrun by Germans at their house when other Red Army formations had moved off and failed to tell them. She also details a nine-day stand-off they endured encircled by Germans in Landsberg.
Download or read book Roza Shanina Russian Sniper written by Robert Corrigan and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roza Shanina's biography reads like a comic book hero come to life, a heroic female assassin fighting off the Nazi forces at the height of World War II. Seeking vengeance for the death of her brother, Roza Shanina sacrificed her life for service in the Red Army's fight against the invading Nazis during World War II. This book chronicles how she became the most feared sniper during this time, earning the nickname the "unseen terror" while registering over fifty-six confirmed kills and becoming a hero to the Russian people before her death in 1945. keywords: sniper american, sniper world war II, sniper russian, roza shanina, red army, sniper training, female snipers, sniper on the eastern front
Download or read book Red Army Sniper written by EVGENI. NIKOLAEV and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yevgeni Nikolaev was one of Russia's leading snipers of World War II and his memoir provides and unparalleled account of front-line action in crucial theaters of war. Nikolaev is credited with a remarkable 324 kills and his wartime service included time in the siege of Leningrad in 1941/1942"--Jacket.
Download or read book Stalin s Amazons written by Gianpiero Malinetti and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SNIPER ACE written by BRUNO. SUTKUS and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book War of the Rats written by David Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalingrad in 1942 is a city in ruins, its Russian defenders fighting to repel the invading German army. One of their most potent weapons is the crack sniper school developed by Vasily Zaitsev, whose skill means that no German, and particularly no German officer, can ever feel safe.
Download or read book Avenging Angels written by Lyuba Vinogradova and published by MacLehose Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the Soviet female sniper corps of WWII Beginning in 1942, with the Eastern Front having claimed the lives of several million Soviet soldiers, Stalin's Red Army began drafting tens of thousands of women, most of them in their teens or early twenties, to defend against the Nazi invasion. Some volunteered, but most were given no choice, in particular about whether to become a sniper or to fill some other combat role. After a few months of brutal training, the female snipers were issued with high-powered rifles and sent to the front. Almost without exception, their first kill came as a great shock, and changed them forever. But as the number of kills grew, many snipers became addicted to their new profession, some to the point of becoming depressed if a "hunt" proved fruitless. Accounts from the veterans of the female sniper corps include vivid descriptions of the close bonds they formed with their fellow soldiers, but also the many hardships and deprivations they faced: days and days in a trench without enough food, water, or rest, their lives constantly at risk from the enemy and from the cold; burying their friends, most of them yet to leave their teenage years; or the frequent sexual harassment by male officers. Although many of these young women were killed, often on their first day of combat, the majority returned from the front, only to face the usual constellation of trials with which every war veteran is familiar. Some continued their studies, but most were forced to work, even as they also started families or struggled to adjust to life as single parents. Nearly all of them were still in their early twenties, and despite the physical and mental scars left by the war, they had no time for complaints as the Soviet Union rebuilt following the war. Drawing on original interviews, diaries, and previously unpublished archival material, historian Lyuba Vinogradova has produced an unparalleled quilt of first-person narratives about these women's lives. This fascinating document brings the realities and hardships faced by the Red Army's female sniper corps to life, shedding light on a little-known aspect of the Soviet Union's struggles against Hitler's war machine.
