Red Army Sniper A Memoir on the Eastern Front in World War II
—— Red Army Sniper —— 46 At night, when we were off duty, I used to go see my friend and fellow townsman, Vlad Dudin, our compan ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 47 We got to the front line and, indeed, on top of a German dugout stood a plywood sign ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 48 ‘senior forager’ with a group of soldiers to no man’s land, where the women from Leningrad had been har ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 49 always, I armed myself comprehensively: two pistols – one in the holster, the other i ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 50 from military security to the tram – I negotiated cautiously, crawling on my elbows. And there was th ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 51 I had been studying the enemy defences for a long time. I saw the little mounds so fa ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 52 side. However, I caught sight of three Nazis leaving the white hump of the dugout. One of them was nak ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 53 After my third shot the tall man also fell backwards behind the motorcyclist, waving ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 54 stopped observing the enemy. I settled down into my deep little foxhole. There’s was not much room in ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 55 Again some blunt object landed on the ground and something heavy struck me on the hea ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 56 And only on the following day, when I had come to myself a little, was I told what had happened that d ...
—— Day-to-Day Life on the Front Line —— 57 ‘Well, your head’s going to be all right,’ said Vera, as she finished bandaging a ver ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 58 So my tally now includes a general as well, with a couple of colonels in my collection. So you see, I a ...
59 6. Duel December was a harsh month. The winter of 1941/42 has remained in everyone’s memory; it came early and it was ferocio ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 60 they had been. They began to act more cautiously, not only on the front line but even deep in the rear; ...
—— Duel —— 61 either him or me – there’s no other way. But I have to go, I have to. Do I have your permission?’ ‘Well, Yevgeni, ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 62 However, it all turned out differently. The snow had long ceased falling and the frost became more palp ...
—— Duel —— 63 my ‘dead space’ – between where the Nazi had appeared and where he had disappeared. Dividing this distance in two, ...
—— Red Army Sniper —— 64 While one of them set out on his dangerous path with the flasks attached to his back by broad straps, t ...
—— Duel —— 65 and grabbing a zinc cartridge box of clean snow from the parapet, I had a quick wash. Decidedly woken up after th ...
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