Soviet sniper (1915-1991)
A Soviet sniper who killed 225 German soldiers in two months during the Battle of Stalingrad — a tally that made him a wartime legend and the central figure in a 2001 Hollywood film.
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev was born 23 March 1915 and served as a sniper in World War II. Between 22 September and 19 October 1942, he killed 40 enemy soldiers; then, from 10 October through 17 December during the grinding fight for Stalingrad, he killed 225 more. The Soviet Union made him a Hero, and his wartime exploits became the spine of William Craig's 1973 book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which in turn became the 2001 film of the same name, with Jude Law playing Zaitsev. David L. Robbins featured him again in the 1999 novel War of the Rats. He died 15 December 1991, d…
Sourced, dated quotes from Vasily Zaitsev
The arrival of the Nazi sniper set us a new task. We had to find him, study habits and methods, and patiently await the moment for one, and only one, well-aimed shot.
There was no ground for us beyond [the] Volga.
The duel went on for three days, but it ended in our victory in a matter of seconds. The German was well prepared for it. He had liquidated two Soviet snipers before that.
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