And Vasily Zaitsev didn’t shoot Major Konig through the scope lens. Zaitsev was a very successful sniper, but Konig German sniper didn’t exist. OCD nation back in Berlin has no record of him despite a very good Jude Law hit movie.
The best factual story from Stalingrad was Pavlov’s House, where Russian soldiers under Pavlov held off the Germans for days, with fighting even going on inside the house.
Pavlov found a discarded New Testament in the house, and after the war — despite being a Soviet hero — became an orthodox monk. Stalin apparently allowed this.
The best factual story from Stalingrad was Pavlov’s House, where Russian soldiers under Pavlov held off the Germans for days, with fighting even going on inside the house.
Pavlov found a discarded New Testament in the house, and after the war — despite being a Soviet hero — became an orthodox monk. Stalin apparently allowed this.