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I would also recommend reading “The Beginning of the Road” by Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Chuikov. Gives very good insight into His handling of the meager resources to fight the German army in the city. This the only written account of Zaytsev’s duel with Col Konig. Side Note, Marshal Chuikov is the only MSU not buried in the Kremlin wall. He lies near his soldiers at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd. The main weakness in the book is that it was released in 1963 and Chuikov had to give due deference to the Communist Party in the book.

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This the only written account of Zaytsev’s duel with Col Konig

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I don’t mean to imply that the confrontation between these two snipers wasn’t interesting. It was. But it was a small footnote in a very massive & brutal battle. What rubbed me raw about the EATG movie is that the implication it left the viewer with is that the German defeat was directly attributable to the duel. Typical Hollywood hack job.