On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany launched their invasion into Poland marking the beginning of World War II. Among those ...
As soon as the sniper entered the battlefield in World War II, warfare changed forever. The idea that a single soldier could hold back entire military units out of fear of being shot by an unseen ...
Key point: Countries need heroes during wars and they often take some liberties with the facts to make those legends. In the blazing ruins of Stalingrad, where men hunted men with such savagery that ...
"Instead of leaving me dead, the bullet hit my rifle and went down the barrel, tearing it apart ..." Contributed by Marie Boyd (wife of Arthur Boyd) When I was shipped to Europe, I was a rifleman in ...
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) - A paratrooper who took part in the D-Day invasion and was later shot in the head by a German sniper has been posthumously awarded medals for his service. The widow of Edward ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: There were simply more Soviet snipers, with more scoped rifles, than Germany could match early on. “Initially the Germans faced little opposition apart from ...