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Zaitsev, left, in Stalingrad, December 1942 Zaitsev's sniper rifle, a 7.62×54mmR Mosin Model 1891/30 sniper rifle with a PU 3.5× sniper scope on display at the Volgograd's Stalingrad Panorama Museum. Zaitsev was serving in the Soviet Navy as a clerk in Vladivostok when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Like many of his ...
König is mentioned both in Zaitsev's memoirs Notes of a Sniper (a "Major Konings", potentially SS) and William Craig's 1973 non-fiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad. [4] According to Zaitsev, his duel with König took place over a period of three days in the ruins of Stalingrad . [ 1 ]
The novel starts out from the point of view of Nikki Mond. He is talking with a soldier when suddenly the soldier is shot down by a sniper. Vasily Zaitsev and Viktor Medvedev are shown shooting down the soldier and then move their gear a minute later. Medvedev signs Zaitsev's sniper journal as a witness.
The family of a mother and daughter killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on Interstate 94 last weekend is asking for community support as officials continue to investigate.
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Jones killed himself with a gunshot to the head on the stoop of his own home, police said. It was his birthday. Priscilla Figueroa said the victim’s daughter saw the tragedy unfold.
Zaitsev became a flying ace by September 1941, and in January 1942 he was nominated for his first gold star for having engaged in 46 dogfights and shot down 12 enemy aircraft. The tally stated by his award nomination sheet indicated he had the second-highest number of victories in 1941 of any Soviet pilot, behind only Boris Safonov .
Rivas and her daughter had only lived in the apartment for several weeks, but police previously visited the home multiple times, sources said. A 911 call was made as recently as Friday morning.