"Matthäus Hetzenauer: The Deadliest Nazi Sniper Of" Topic
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| Tango01 | 16 Jan 2023 8:51 p.m. PST |
…World War II
"From 1943 to 1945, Matthäus Hetzenauer terrorized Soviet troops on the Eastern Front with his keen eye. He personally shot and killed 345 men, though Hetzenauer's biographer believes the kill count could even have been twice that.
The decorated sniper was wounded and captured all before his 30s, but he persisted in becoming one of the deadliest snipers in all of Germany…" Main page
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Shagnasty  | 17 Jan 2023 11:14 a.m. PST |
The inspiration for the "Major" in "Enemy at the Gates?" |
| Tango01 | 17 Jan 2023 2:47 p.m. PST |
Probably… but he was much older…
Incredible he ended as POW and wasn't put under killing…
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