Two docs on Stalingrad. Pavlov's House and the Stalingrad Sniper duels

Started by patentlymn, July 01, 2025, 06:48:02 PM

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This doc deals with Pavlov's House. A brick house that was held by Soviets for 60 days when surrounded on 3 sides by Germans. It was later named Pavlov's House after Sgt Pavlov who first held it. A Lt. joined and may have contributed more. Pavlov used an anti tank rifle from up high to pierce the soft turret tops of German tanks. I think he disabled 12.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptvIoMvFGKU
The House that Beat Hitler  19 min

This is good. The movie The Enemy at the Gates is based on this. The ending in the movie is real and is described in this doc. The Germans were so upset over their losses to the sniper that they sent the head of the German sniper school to Stalingrad to kill this Russian sniper.

https://youtu.be/5vZcvD12B_c
Zaitsev v König - The Real Story of WW2's Most Famous Sniper Duel  24 min