{"id":71112,"date":"2022-01-12T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=71112"},"modified":"2023-12-03T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T02:35:34","slug":"sniper-warrior-vasily-zaitsev-ww2-biography-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/12\/sniper-warrior-vasily-zaitsev-ww2-biography-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Sniper Warrior &#8211; Vasily Zaitsev &#8211; WW2 Biography Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9XMpJkSv1pM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 11 Jan 2022<\/p>\n<p>From the woods of the Urals to the burning city of Stalingrad, Vasily Zaitsev went out to hunt his prey. As a sniper, he learned his trade in the grim reality of Stalingrad street fighting. Deep in the ruins of the factories, he stalked his enemies with a team of battle-hardened snipers. For days on end, they would lay in wait for valuable targets to show up. With a finger on the trigger, they would decimate the German ranks within a few deadly moments.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Get Collectibles here: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/collectibles\/\u200b<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><br \/>\nBetween 2 Wars: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/WW2sources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Ian Sowden<br \/>\nWritten by: Markus Linke &#038; Indy Neidell<br \/>\nResearch by: Markus Linke<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nMap research by: Sietse Kenter<br \/>\nEdited by: Karolina Do\u0142\u0119ga<br \/>\nArtwork and color grading by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nColorizations by:<br \/>\n&#8211; Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\n&#8211; Klimbim<\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\n&#8211; Portrait of Vasily Zaitsev holding a sniper riffle courtesy of  Mil.ru<br \/>\n&#8211; Bundesarchiv<br \/>\n&#8211; Vassily Zaitsev with his disciple on a fighting position courtesy of stalingradfront.com<br \/>\n&#8211; National Archives NARA<br \/>\n&#8211; Picture of snipers in the ruins of Stalingrad courtesy of RIA Novosti<\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Rememberance&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Last Man Standing 3&#8221; &#8211; Johannes Bornl\u00f6f<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Break Free&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Last Point of Safe Return&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;March Of The Brave 10&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Moving to Disturbia&#8221; &#8211; Experia<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Potential Redemption&#8221; &#8211; Max Anson<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\n1 hour ago (edited)<br \/>\nJoin the TimeGhost Army on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/BIO_024_PI\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/BIO_024_PI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Nazis loved to use the myth of hordes. Asiatic Hordes, Judeo-Bolshevistic Hordes, a myth that the Soviet people they were fighting were sub-humans who only fought by throwing themselves at the Germans as though they were some kind of insect or zombie. This is a myth, but has sadly worked its way into the mainstream historical narrative. While it is true that some Soviet offensives truly were poorly thought out and sent many to their deaths, it is absurd to say that this was the norm or how they won the war. After all, sending infantry in mass offensive waves was a tactic that barely worked in the First World War, and certainly wont work in the mobile Second World War. Zaitsev is a perfect embodiment of a specialized Soviet Soldier.<\/p>\n<p>Also, join us on Reddit, we&#8217;re starting to use that more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WorldWarTwoChannel\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WorldWarTwoChannel\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-12-at-11-47-00-Sniper-Warrior-\u2013-Vasily-Zaitsev-\u2013-WW2-Biography-Special-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World War Two Published 11 Jan 2022 From the woods of the Urals to the burning city of Stalingrad, Vasily Zaitsev went out to hunt his prey. 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