Did Major Konig Exist?
No Other Historical Documentation Exists and No Secondary Source for the Events in Question Exists. None of the Germans Mentioned by Zaytsev Including König...
No other historical documentation exists and no secondary source for the events in question exists. None of the Germans mentioned by Zaytsev including König, König's daughter, or the German prisoner of war who Zaytsev says identified König have ever been identified in other records.
Did Vasily Zaytsev kill Major Konig?
According to documents from the time, he was so prolific that the Wehrmacht sent their own super sniper, Erwin König, to take him out. This allegedly resulted in a sniper duel which ended with Zaytsev killing König during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Does Vasily kill Konig?
König was immediately deployed at Stalingrad due to the high amount of German officers killed by Russian snipers. His main target was the Soviet sniper hero, Vassili Zaitsev, as killing him would crush the Russian morale.
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