Photographical journey through the allied snipers of world war ii. The best sniper of world war 1 francis pegahmagabow i who did what in ww1. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz. Sniper on the eastern front meet your next favorite book. I believe that it is a fixed 4 power but have not had this confirmed. The film was in russian with german subtitles and had been recorded in 1935. The german snipers spread themselves out in the normandic landscape. Sniper on the eastern front confirms all the horror stories that one has read and heard about the war on the russian front in world war ii. Bronius sutkus, 14 may 1924 29 august 2003 was a lithuanian german sniper in the 68th infantry division of the german army, on the eastern front of world war ii, and was credited with 209 kills. Read his biography, out from greenhill books next spring with an. Every kill was recorded in an individual sniper s book and had to be confirmed by at least one observer and authenticated by the battalion commander. Be the first to ask a question about world war 2 snipers. Rare firsthand account by a ruthlessly efficient german sniper of life and. Spanning from 1939 to 1945, world war ii was one of the most brutal conflicts in human history.
Every grandfather has a tale and this is the tale of georg frick, a german sniper for the german army during world war ii. The rifles used by the snipers were handpicked for their accuracy and quality. For these two reasons i can happily award this book by german historian and arms. The sniper infantry component of world war 2 could prove one of the singlemost destructive elements on the battlefield in any given engagement. Information about top ww2 snipers simo hayha finnish sniper did not fight in ww2 german snipers and top ww2 snipers rating and top scharfschutze.
The latter, and its incendiary ammunition, proved to be 7 quite popular with german snipers or sharpshooters scharfschiitzen as they were called. 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. Female sniper with 309 confirmed kills revealed in fascinating pics. Airborne paratrooper, circa world war 2 military art, military history, world history.
Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily. American soldier killed by german snipers in leipzig, 1945. Ive read sepp allerbergers book and planning to buy zaitsevs book and i was thinking of having some allied accounts to balance my library out. Roland kaltenegger is the author of more than ten books on world war ii.
The instructor told the students how difficult russian snipers had made the advance of german forces in 19412. Sniper on the eastern front is the heartrending biographical memoir of josef sepp allerberger, an austrian farmboy who served as a marksman a word preferred over sniper by wermacht soldiers in the german wermacht alpine division on the eastern front. From the initial hunting rifles procured in wwi, through the gew. In 1943, there were more than 2,000 female soviet snipers in the red army. Jan 31, 2020 the most successful soviet use of snipers during the second world war was during their defensive stage of the war 19411943, after which the advantage of defense shifted to the german side and german snipers became a real danger to the advancing soviets. War of the rats is a world war ii fiction novel written by david l. Ww2 german sniper scope rifle question snipers hide forum. Bronius sutkus, 14 may 1924 29 august 2003 was a lithuaniangerman sniper in the 68th infantry division of the german army, on the eastern front of world war ii, and was credited with 209 kills. It involved a major battle for the city of stalingrad modernday volgograd between stalins soviet union and hitlers nazi germany. Photographical journey through the german snipers and sharpshooters of world war ii. The russians had an amazing marksmanship program prewar, even for civilians. Georg frick is an old man now, but in 1937 the german army drafted him. Jul, 2017 was matthaus hetzenauer the greatest german sniper of world war ii. Shore, author of the book with british snipers to the reich, cites an example of a few german paratroop snipers holding up an entire battalion of the 51st highland division in sicily.
When the allied troops began to advance they left behind a large number of german snipers who later shot at less alert troops. See more ideas about german army, world war two and wwii. Nadezhda kolesnikov was a sniper volunteer serving on the volkhovsky eastern front in 1943. In comparison to the russians and the finns the germans were neophytes. Every kill was recorded in an individual snipers book and had to be. Josef sepp allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the german wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored.
I initially bought this book expecting indepth details on german sniper operations and training in wwi wwii. While it does touch on those facets, the bulk of the book focuses on the weapons systems used by the snipers during both wars. Unlike many militaries at the time, the soviet union made use of women as snipers. German snipers of deutsche scharfschutzen des weltkrieges photographical journey through the german snipers and sharpshooters of world war ii. Gary gordon famous snipers in history pictures cbs news. Being the memoirs of a german sniper on the eastern front, i was expecting a general. Craig harrison used the l115a3 long range rifle, seen here, in november 2009 to strike two taliban machine gunners in helmand province, afghanistan. Allied snipers in 15 extraordinary photographs during wwii. Charlie dont surfplease list the two book titles on german snipers in the books sectionas the posts on them get buried here too quicklyplease and please let me know where i can order themalsoif possibleplease let me know namesim extremely interested in them as im still researching all rkt snipers and wanna know if im missing names. The amazing stories are documented in new book the sniper anthology. They were fitted with optical scopes, including a model adapted from a german design. There are a total of 22 ww2 sniper rifles 1939 1945 in the military factory. In any of the theatres of the pacific, europe or north africa.
He was portrayed by ed harris in the 2001 film enemy at the gates. And that brothels were maintained for the soldiers. Matthaus hetzenauer of tyrol fought at the eastern front from 1943 to the end of the war, and with 345 certified hits is the most successful german sniper. Wwii us army m1 helmet cover cotton camouflage net of war reenactments. This book covers the soviet, finnish and german snipers. A tale of two german snipers warfare history network. German snipers and sharpshooters axis history forum. German personnel records do not record any snipers by that name, but the account was made into the film enemy at the gates with ed harris, seen here, playing konig. This is not your typical book on eastern front combat in world war ii. Klavdiya kalugina, one of the youngest female soviet snipers age 17 at the start of her military service in 1943. Sepp allerberg of salzburg fought at the eastern front from december 1942, to the end of the war, and with 257 certified hits is the secondbest german sniper. Its an enlightening memoir and chronicle of how a young german soldier became a one of the most highly decorated wehrmacht snipers fighting the russians and all the ordeals he and his comrades went through.
Dec 16, 2014 the book is about history of the german sniping program from the early jaeger rifles through wwii, and then 23 photos, with detailed captions. Unlike most coffeetable type photo book, i was impressed by the detail and depth of the historical section of this book. A sniper in the 50th canadian infantry battalion during the first world war. Nazi rifles including the k98 and luftwaffe drilling, with authenticity guaranteed. The plot focuses on a 1942 battle between the nazi germans and the soviets set in stalingrad, soviet union. After the catastrophic defeat at stalingrad in early 1943, the german army set 5 up a snipertraining program at a substantial number of locations, both in germany and occupied territory. German federal archives the mauser 98 sniper rifle was one of the first to use a longeye relief scope where the optic usually a 4x magnification but some models had a piddly 1. Grandfathers tale is the story of georgs transformation from reluctant new soldier into a master sniper.
Throughout world war ii, german snipers were obliged to carry a scharfshutzen buch which recorded every kill. This book is chilling in wackers account of his work as a sniper. Who were the most successful wehrmacht snipers of world war. In this powerful memoir of wwii, a young soldier growing up under nazi ideology provides piercing insights into the rise and aftermath of hitlers germany. Females made great longrange shooters because of their flexibility, cunning, and patience. Sniper ace with images sniper, fiction books to read, nonfiction. White death and killed more than 500 soviet soldiers during the winter war prior to the outbreak of world war ii. As the title says, im looking for books about allied snipers british or us during ww2. Apr 09, 2019 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. Being the memoirs of a german sniper on the eastern front, i was expecting a general history of the war with personal accounts interjected.
Mar 26, 2014 nazi snipers were a nightmare on the western front, many american soldiers were killed from these ss and as revenge they identified them and shot those who surrender. He killed hundreds of russians, mostly through a careful methodology he developed in the field. Oct 11, 2009 the best sniper of world war 1 francis pegahmagabow i who did what in ww1. Even a great historian like antony beevor talking of rape by german soldiers in russia says in his new book the second world war that reports of rape were few. However, this research has meant that ive stumbled across a big amount of interesting information. Despite being subjected to artillery bombardment, these germans maintained accurate fire at a range of 600 yards before withdrawing in good order. The two snipers, army chief master sergeant vasily zaytsev of the red army and ss colonel heinz thorvald of the. Most german snipers were armed with the karabiner 98 and later. Ww2 german sniper scope rifle question i have read that some civilian scopes were utilized by the germans and that this may be an example of one of them. The hedgerows that marked off fields only permitted a free sight of a few hundred meters. But a new book soldaten by soenke neitzel and harald welzer explodes the myth. He claimed 117 german kills in the last two years of world war two. Here, joshua potts tells us the role that snipers played in the battle. Repro german k98k sniper for saletrade forgotten weapons.
The real problem with this project is the difficulty in gathering information, there will soon be published a book in german about waffen ss snipers which i hope will be useful. War photographer robert capa took this iconic photo of an american soldier shot and killed by a german sniper in the battle for leipzig on 18 april 1945. See more ideas about world war two, german army and wwii. These two german snipers were among the very best at their gruesome work. Original russian soviet tt 33 tulskiy tokarev leather holster. Between 10 november 1942 and 17 december 1942, during the battle of stalingrad. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a german sniper on 18 august 1918. It was a team of two snipers josef allerberger and matthaus hetzenauer. The third reich, led by adolf hitler, rampaged across europe until it was finally defeated by allied forces in 1945. Tellingly, the author admits that he gave this man a book on german snipers that.
Prior to 10 november 1942, he killed 32 axis soldiers with a standardissue rifle. It gave an impressive insight into the high standard of russian training. Most photographs depict british and, or canadian snipers using the british lee enfield. Bruno sutkus was a lithuaniangerman sniper in the 68th infantry division of the german army, on the eastern front of world war ii, and was credited with 209 kills.
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