Photographical journey through the german snipers and sharpshooters of world war ii. Students were shown a film entitled choice of, and constructing positions. A german army sergeant doggedly struggles to keep his platoon intact while surviving the horrors of the russian front in 1943. A russianukrainian film about a legendary soviet sniper could do what diplomats and peacemakers have failed to do find common ground. Really interesting german training movie, made during wwii, these are actually two movies, the first is on the subject of concealment, the second on tactics. New world war ii movies german war movies hollywood best action movies 72 72 by theheroes1911. One iconic world war ii battle, two flags that help tell the story. It includes a snipers duel between zaytsev and a wehrmacht sniper school director, major erwin konig. With this book the sniper anthology is by far the best book i have read in long time on sniping in world war ii.
Drawn from two german military training films made in 1944, this program. The most successful sniper of the german wehrmacht, hetzenauer fought on the eastern front in 1944. The purpose of this website is to educate visitors about the various sniper rifles and mounting systems used by the german army during wwii. Roza shanina was a soviet sniper during world war ii, credited with 59 confirmed hits, including twelve snipers last photograph.
A fascinating documentary on the use of snipers during world war 2, including revealing battlefield experiences, british, german and american training methods and a comparison on the firearms used by these lethal and most feared, weapons of war. World history world war ii my war war photography battle of britain lest we forget photo link dieselpunk once upon a time. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. Wwii short film, freund, features the story of a german sniper who questions the morality of his actions after coming face to face with his enemy. The film must be concerned with hitlers rise, the spanish civil war, the sinojapanese war, or world war ii itself featurelength liveaction films are excluded. The germans and russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. Between 10 november 1942 and 17 december 1942, during the battle of stalingrad. Dec 14, 2011 fallen and wounded german soldiers filmed by a us cameraman. How many surrendering german soldiers were shot on sight by.
A fascinating documentary on the use of snipers during world war 2. This diverse collection of movies are worthy of being called the 100 greatest war movies ever made. Not a bad war film but only if you know nothing about the actual battle. Females made great longrange shooters because of their flexibility, cunning, and patience. 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. German sniper on the russian front german sniper in world war ii. Only factory rifles produced in mass quantity will be discussed. I dont really know how many surrendering german soldiers were shot on sight by american troops in ww ii. It was a team of two snipers josef allerberger and matthaus hetzenauer. A fascinating documentary on the use of snipers during world war two, including revealing battlefield experiences, british, german and american training methods and a comparison on the firearms.
The russians had an amazing marksmanship program prewar, even for civilians. The film or miniseries must be concerned with world war ii or the war of ethiopia and the sinojapanese war and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. Films made during the war of ethiopia and the sinojapanese war. American soldier killed by german snipers in leipzig, 1945. Silent, motionless and deadly, german snipers lurked on the european battlefields of world war 2, hunting enemy sharpshooters, supporting assaults and laying diabolical traps on defense.
Breakthrough 1979 richard burton, robert mitchum full movie duration. Through this duel dead bodies are used as bait, abandoned warehouses are set up as traps, and a young boy is used as a double agent to relay false information to the german sniper for the russians. Russian female snipers of world war ii not many will be familiar with this name but tania inspired the female sniper character by the same name in the movie enemy at the gates which was played by rachel weisz who acted alongside jude law. As all g 43 rifles were built with flat side receivers set up for mounting a scope. The wehrmacht documentary second world war allies in pacific, germany. Five facts the deadly snipers of the first world war. German sniper in a tree in europe during world war ii. Sniper rifles of world war ii small arms defense journal. It gave an impressive insight into the high standard of russian training.
For short films, see the list of world war ii short films. Before the second world war explicitly began with the nazi german, then later soviet russian invasions of poland in september 1939, germany had already absorbed austria in the anschlu. Making a sniper rifle consisted of adding a zf 4 4x scope. 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.
The film or miniseries must be concerned with world war ii or the sinojapanese war and include events that feature as a part of the war effort. For documentaries, see the list of world war ii documentary films and the list of allied propaganda films of world. This playlist contains the largest collection of wwii related movies in the world, allowed on you tube. 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. This story forms the basis of the plot of a recent film about pavlichenko. S marine sniper who struggles to cope with the possibility his girlfriend may be cheating on him back home. World war ii service dog bing, the parachuting world war ii dog who leapt from a dakota plane on dday and led troops to victory, and with british army sniper jack walton. He miraculously transformed himself into the reallife super hero that was chris kyle the most dangerous, and famous sniper in u. German snipers lurked on the european battlefields of world war 2, hunting. A very strong anti war message film, set during world war ii and told entirely from the german perspective.
The war film or miniseries must be concerned with world war ii or the sinojapanese war and include events which feature as a part of the war effort. The film was in russian with german subtitles and had been recorded in 1935. Nathan cragun has created a second wwii short film, called esperanca, covering a much more unknown subject of world war 2 the brazilian expeditionary force during the battle of montese in italy, 1945. Con new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl. Enemy at the gates 2001 enemy at the gates is a pure sniper film that follows the story of reallife world war 2 russian sniper, vassili zaitsev who wreaked havoc on german officers during the battle of. Instructional video world war ii german sniper training film. Here are the 7 best war movies streaming right now on netflix. Mar 11, 2020 theres no war movie category on netflix, so weve dug through their catalog to find some classics. Enemy at the gates is still a consistently intriguing war film rare because it does not involve americans. The film enjoys cult following and spawned two sequels that largely flopped, and is counted among the best sniper films out there. Although sniper regiments were not entirely new, the addition of the longdistance scopes put german sharpshooters at an advantage. What world war 2 movie pitted a german sniper against an. If you like these color photos, you may wish to check out my other pages of color photos of world war ii.
Its a war that spanned the globe, blew holes across three continents and directly touched the lives of billions, including filmmakers, actors and their crews. World war ii german sniper training movie skip to main content. Nov 11, 2018 here are a few films that best shine light on the heroics of those who died while serving in the armed forces during world war ii. How the sniper came of age during world war ii the. Were featuring more world war ii shortfilms on our youtube channel. German soldiers ww2, german army, german men, luftwaffe, k98, germany ww2, strange history, man of war, german uniforms a dead german sniper somewhere in the european theater. Instructional video world war ii german sniper training wwii. It involved a major battle for the city of stalingrad modernday volgograd between stalins soviet union and hitlers nazi germany. American sniper is the single best work of film about the iraq war ever a new war film classic. Enemy at the gates is a 2001 war film written and directed by jeanjacques annaud and. While we are never really concerned about the outcome of the actual war, nor do we entirely care about several aspects of the main characters, there are many good scenes of suspense, and the overall mood of the movie is effective. A dramatization of the july 20, 1944 assassination and political coup plot by desperate renegade german army officers against adolf hitler during world war ii. Allied snipers in 15 extraordinary photographs during wwii.
List of common world war ii infantry weapons list of secondary and special issue world war ii infantry weapons german general staff a post1933. The youngest student at the komsomol sniper school, 17yearold russian klavdiya kalugina wasnt a great shot at first. The movie focuses primarily on this duel between a master german sniper and the best russian sniper. Mar 19, 2020 this playlist contains the largest collection of wwii related movies in the world, allowed on you tube. World war ii was a different war in all regards and snipers were no exception, especially in the soviet union. A psychological study of operations desert shield and desert storm during the gulf war. No other brand of scope was used during world war ii. The films main character is a fictionalized version of sniper vasily zaytsev, a hero of the soviet union during world war ii. List of world war ii firearms of germany wikipedia. In 1943, there were more than 2,000 female soviet snipers in the red army. So yeah, there have been some pretty good movies made about the second world war. Lyudmila pavlichenko was born in bila tserkva, a small village of ukraine, in 1916. Drawn from two german military training films made in 1944, this program provides fascinating views of tactics, weapons and camouflage techniques. World war ii short film, freund, features the story of a german sniper who questions the morality of his actions after coming face to face with.
For documentaries, see the list of world war ii documentary films and the list of allied propaganda films of world war ii. Beautifully shot, this 1993 german film follows a group of german soldiers as they travel through russia on their way to the battle of stalingrad. Though the list is a little short, these are the best ones that we have personally watched and loved. The film or miniseries must be concerned with world war ii or the sinojapanese. Jan 21, 2018 these are some of the best hollywood war movies based on true stories. Parachuting wwii dog, bing, dropped in with british troops on dday and kept guard while his troops slept at night.
List of secondary and special issue world war ii infantry weapons. Roza shanina soviet sniper 1945 last photograph taken of her before she was killed in action. Here are a few films that best shine light on the heroics of those who died while serving in the armed forces during world war ii. The instructor told the students how difficult russian snipers had made the advance of german forces in 1941 2. The female sniper who stopped more than 300 german soldiers. Most photographs depict british and, or canadian snipers using the british lee enfield. German general staff a post1933 section to understand the variety of the above list. When the first world war began, germany started equipping some of their marksmen with scoped rifles, allowing them to fire accurately over extremely long distances. Prior to 10 november 1942, he killed 32 axis soldiers with a standardissue rifle. Instructional video world war ii german sniper training wwii documentary. Ww2 movies full length free world war 2 movies best.
World war ii german sniper training movie really interesting german training movie, made during wwii, these are actually two movies, the first is on the subject of. A term originating in british india for the highly skilled hunters able to bring down elusive snipe birds, todays snipers are known as the most proficient sharpshooters in the military. World war 2 movies day of 1944 russian sniper action movies 2017 with english subtitles. Vasily zaytsev who was the basis for jude laws character in the film enemy at the gates. German snipers still preferred the k98k over the g 43. 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. German sniper in world war ii german soldier with his captured soviet mosin nagant pem sniper rifle. World war 2 movies day of 1944 russian sniper action. The russian sniper vassili zaitsev stalks the germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the german troops. There is precious little about the big picture because the focus is firmly on the individual men, their bonds, and how they suffer in a war they hadnt chosen to fight. Enemy at the gates, vassili zaitsev, movie, german sniper.
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a german camp during world war ii. You may find more color photos of world war ii on page 1 and page 2 and page 3 and page 4 and page 5 and page 6 and page 7 and page 8 and page 9 and page 10 and page 11 and page 12 and page and page 14 and page 15 and page 16 of this series. The russians had an amazing marksmanship program pre war, even for civilians the finns were such grea. Who doesnt love a chess match of life and death between two talented snipers. We managed to include the latest new english war movies and the ones coming out this year as well. The austrian sniper recorded the longest kill shot 1,100 meters, about 1,200 yards from the second world war. Instructional video world war ii german sniper training. Then carl walther modified the rifle and produced it in 1943, calling it the model g 43.
Best action movies 2020 war movies best full movie english sniper full movie sniper super film. In world war ii, the fall of stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. This list will feature the top 6 snipers of world war 2. In comparison to the russians and the finns the germans were neophytes. The deadly business of snipers further developed into a refined practice of killing and gathering intelligence during word war ii.
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