Snipers spend most of their time protecting friendly troops and engaging enemy riflemen. Film set in november 1942, a group of soviet soldiers is blocked in the building. The attacks quickly penetrated deep into the flanks, and by november 23 the two prongs of the attack had linked up at kalach, about 60 miles 100 km west of stalingrad. Allied snipers in 15 extraordinary photographs during wwii. Its a soviet vs a nazi at the battle of stalingrad so its tough pick sides based on 2 bad ideologies. It would appear the soviets mastered the craft as most of this top 10 list of deadliest snipers of that war is composed of soviet snipers. The battle of stalingrad from august 1942 to february 1943 was the largest battle of world war two, and one of the largest in all history. Two additional secondary sources, william craigs enemy at the gates and antony beevors stalingrad, both touched on snipers, but did not go into any real detail about them and were also limited to the russian snipers who participated in the battle of stalingrad. How they won, and how they were not defeated, who they were and who was on the other side of the street, what secret they have taken away with them the movie will tell this story. Stalingrad snipers part 1 truefrench dvdrip 1080p youtube. Enemy at the gates 29 movie clip battle of stalingrad.
Russian soldiers, seemed no different from prisoners, defending stalingrad only because of the muzzles pointed at their backs. Photographical journey through the german snipers and sharpshooters of world war ii. Jul 30, 2016 when germany invaded the soviet union in june 1941, hundreds of thousands of soviet women sprang to join the war effort, enlisting as nurses, clerks, cooks and snipers. How we know the stalingrad sniper battle probably never happened. World war ii was a different war in all regards and snipers were no exception, especially in the soviet union. In the the 2001 movie, enemy at the gates, a female russian sniper is shot in the head and killed as she and her partner play a deadly game of catandmouse with germanys top gun in stalingrad. This tactic, known as the sixes, is still in use today and was implemented during the war in chechnya. A renowned marksman and head of the german army sniper school at zossen, he lures vasily into a trap and takes out two of his fellow snipers, but vasily manages to escape. The mouse is a young russian named vassili zaitsev jude law, who arrives on the shores of the volga river to defend stalingrad, an important city in which the germans are attempting to capture. Though zaytsev was not one of the top soviet snipers, he scored an estimated 225 kills, including 11 snipers within two months during the battle of stalingrad between 1942 and 1943. The following weapons were used in the film stalingrad 1993. They have created a 3d epic set for the film stalingrad, about the most famous battle in their history, and the movie has become one of the biggest domestic box office hits of all time.
Between 10 november 1942 and 17 december 1942, during the battle of stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers. Was the battle of stalingrad really as bad as shown in the. Still, snipers have faced off in tense, life and death battles. Snipers of the 62 nd army, inspired by the feats of their comrade, defeated more that six thousand german soldiers. The deadly soviet women snipers that terrorized nazis. Robbins is a solid, readable, well researched narrative of the battle of stalingrad. German sniper on the russian front german sniper in world war ii. Lyudmila was nicknamed lady death due to her incredible ability with a sniper rifle. Photographical journey through the allied snipers of world war ii. Here are 6 legendary cases where snipers hunted one another. As mentioned my grandfather died in stalingrad 1943 after being mobilized from africa to the eastern front he was shot by a russian sniper in his chest where he had a picture if my father his youngest son.
Afterward, they take up a position in an isolated part of the jungle and wait out until nighttime for an extraction. The machine gun stopped firing instantly as the gunner collapsed over the barrel. I dropped the gunners two ammunition carriers, neither of whom could react fast enough to take cover. Females made great longrange shooters because of their flexibility, cunning, and patience. Filmed from both german and russian perspectives, the series contains footage shot by soldiers during the siege. One also may wonder why although we are given two women snipers, they. Stalingrad snipers part 2 2011 truefrench xvid dvdrip 1080p. Enemy at the gates 2001 enemy at the gates 2001 imdb. Through this twisted carnage stalk two menone russian, one germaneach the top sniper in his respective army. Feb 14, 2019 many good answers on here i have already seen someone recommend the movie titled stalingrad. Two snipers snipe away at each other in this interesting world war ii drama based on a true story set during the battle of stalingrad. The greatest sniper duel in history is a myth war is boring medium. Historys 6 greatest sniper duels americas military. Most german snipers were armed with the karabiner 98 and later gewehr 43 rifles, but there were often not enough of these weapons available, and as such some were armed with captured scoped mosinnagant 189, svt or czech mauser rifles.
There was a campaign by stalingrad veterans to have the movie banned in. How historically accurate is the film enemy at the gates. On one side was vasily zaitsev, the soviet army s deadliest sniper, with some 400 kills. This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Stalingrad is a 20 russian world war ii action drama directed by fyodor bondarchuk. In 1943, there were more than 2,000 female soviet snipers in the red army. One of zaytsevs common tactics was to cover one large area from three positions, with two men at each point a sniper and a scout. Unlike many militaries at the time, the soviet union made use of women as snipers. German soldiers call the battle rattenkrieg, war of the rats. The greatest battle between two snipers with on one side was vasily zaitsev, the soviet armys deadliest sniper, with some 400 kills.
During the war he published two sniper books, he also worked out a snipers move called sixes. The greatest sniper duel in history is a myth war is boring. Only in stalingrad he defeated 225 enemy soldiers and officers, 11 of them were snipers. Stalingrad 1993 internet movie firearms database guns. Enemy at the gates takes place in 1942 and details a cat and mouse chase between two snipers.
The film revolves around four soldiers fighting in stalingrad. With the soviet snipers taking an increasing toll on the german forces, german major erwin konig is deployed to stalingrad to kill vasily to crush soviet morale. The film was released in september 20 in volgograd formerly stalingrad and october in russia before its international release in subsequent months all releases were handled by the foreignlanguage arm of columbia pictures. Vasily zaytsev, the soviet sniper immortalized in enemy. After learning about vasily zaytsev and his exploits as a soviet sniper, read about simo hayha, the deadliest sniper in history. The movie depicts an epic catandmouse battle between two snipers and is so. Ive read several books on stalingrad and found that for the most part, robbins tried to create a historically consistent environment and setting. Defeat at stalingrad could hand germany victory in europe and stalin has sent.
The calculation of casualties depends on what scope is given to the battle of stalingrad. The movie enemy at the gates, directed by jeanjacques annaud and starring. The unknown war ep5 the defense of stalingrad by greatworldwar. The many movie mistakes of enemy at the gates war history online. Zaytsev fought in the battle of stalingrad until january 1943, when a mortar attack. Plot the movie starts off with master gunnery sergeant thomas beckett berenger, an experienced sniper, and his spotter cpl.
To stop vassili, the germans dispatch their best sniper, major konig ed harris, to stalingrad. A russian sniper starts work in stalingrad world war ii. The battle for stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the battle of stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943. At any cost they are trying to protect this building and civilians who live in it.
However, successfull work of soviet snipers from the very be. However, they are extracted at daylight much to the dismay of beckett. A renowned marksman and head of the german army sniper school at zossen, he lures vasily into a trap and kills two of his fellow snipers, but vasily manages to escape. Germans at stalingrad, 19421943 rare historical photos. Sep 26, 2019 dangerous snipers stalingrad by krasnaya armiya. The film is named after william craigs book enemy at the gates. Enemy at the gates 2001 out of four by blake french. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended.
German sniper play a game of catandmouse during the battle of stalingrad. Two months later, after stalingrad has been liberated and the german forces have surrendered, vasily. Vasily zaytsev the legendary sniper of the stalingrad battle. Lennemi aux portes is a 2001 war film written and directed by jeanjacques annaud and based on william craigs 1973 nonfiction book enemy at the gates. Carlos hathcock the original american sniper from deadly shootouts duration. What i really liked about it is that the two ideologies nazism and communism were nowhere in the film. The film portrays the events of battle of stalingrad between 1942 and 1943, starring jude law, ed harris and rachel weisz. If you look at the numbers, about 250,000 german and about 100,000 russian soldiers lost their lives over stalingrad. Made by french director jeanjacques annaud, the film s central conflict is a. Lyudmila, get back, whispered vasili zaitsev moments before the fatal shot was fired. A band of determined russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless. But they make the soviet into the hero as a common everyman vs the mighty german war machine.
The films main character is a fictionalized version of sniper vasily zaytsev, a hero of the soviet union during world war ii. Since its introduction in 1891, many variations on this bolt action rifle had been produced. Enemy at the gates is a 2001 war film written and directed by jeanjacques annaud and. On the other was one major konig, the head of the german armys sniper school in berlin, whom the nazi high command had dispatched to stalingrad to hunt down zaitsev.
Enemy at the gates 39 movie clip do you know how to shoot. The story of his duel at the battle of stalingrad would be turned into the 2001 movie enemy at the gates. Sasha, a young soviet boy, volunteers to act as a double agent by passing konig false information about vasilys whereabouts, thus giving vasily a chance to ambush the major. These two marksmen are equally matched in both skill and tenacity.
The greatest female sniper tactical life gun magazine. Oct 10, 20 stalingrad has become hell and paradise for those who were worthy of awards, but the only reward they managed to get was love. Stalingrad has become hell and paradise for those who were worthy of awards, but the only reward they managed to get was love. Vasily zaitsev sniper 1915 1991 soviet world war ii sniper. Photo shows german sniper using the mauser 98k rifle with russian pe scope mounted. Most photographs depict british and, or canadian snipers using the british lee enfield. This epic contest between two supersnipers has been immortalized in numerous books and most famously in the 2001 movie enemy at the gates. On the other was one major erwin konig, the head of the german armys sniper school in berlin, whom the nazi high command had dispatched to stalingrad to hunt down zaytsev.
The 20yearold anatoly chekhov gained a reputation for fearlessness, along with an ability. In 1942 wehrmacht was has not yet fully revived the sniper movement of the wwi. Imdb takes a look at 5 inspiring documentaries to stream this black history month. It involved a major battle for the city of stalingrad modernday volgograd between stalins soviet union and hitlers nazi germany. A renowned marksman and head of the german army sniper school at zossen, he lures vasily into a trap and takes out two of his fellow snipers, but vasily manages. Most snipers used a specialist version with an optical sight.
Enemy at the gates 2001 this movie is probably the most famous in the west about the battle of stalingrad. The scope can vary from the fighting in the city and suburbs to the inclusion of almost all fighting on the southern wing of the sovietgerman front from the spring of 1942 to the end of the fighting in the city in the winter of 1943. Unlike most american films, the germans are not seen as blood thirsty murderers, but what the average german foot soldier was, a person. Klavdiya kalugina, one of the youngest female soviet snipers age 17 at the start of her military service in 1943. The main weapon of the world war two soviet sniper was the mosinnagant rifle. Jan 06, 2014 in the blazing ruins of stalingrad, where men hunted men with such savagery that even the dogs fled howling into the night, occurred the greatest sniper duel in history. Originally broadcast in both germany and russia in slightly truncated editions, this special edition contains all three stalingrad documentaries including the attack, the kessel, and the doom, in their original uncut forms and a wealth of extra supplementary materials. Enemy at the gates the society for military history. How many german snipers took part in the battle of stalingrad. May 23, 2012 a turning point in 20th century war history is the focus of this factbased account of the 19421943 battle of stalingrad, in which the germans were finally defeated by russian influence one of. Sniper duels are common in movies, but theyre actually pretty rare in real life. Snipers of the soviet union played an important role mainly on the eastern front of world war ii, apart from other preceding and subsequent conflicts.
But i thought perhaps the movie would at least include a little pop sociology to soften its bloodletting. I had to use primary sources for the bulk of my information, which thankfully. This list will feature the top 6 snipers of world war 2. A fascinating documentary on the use of snipers during world war two, including revealing battlefield experiences, british, german and american training. Modern war was still considered the war of motors, where snipers had almost no place.
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