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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 ]
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Meanwhile, Zaitsev watches for the flash of Thorvald's gun. He sees it, waits, then pulls the trigger. Thorvald was never able to fire his second shot. That night Zaitsev goes to check on Thorvald's body. On one last mission, Zaitsev, Tania and some others are sneaking towards a German base when Tania steps on a mine.
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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.
The hill itself is an unmarked grave for over 34,500 Russian troops killed at Stalingrad; even this is a tiny percentage of the overall Soviet casualties from the battle. The grass on the hill is considered sacred, and visitors are forbidden to step on it. The top of the hill gives a panoramic view of the city of Volgograd. [6]