Sniper Anthology: Snipers of the Second World War

by Pegler, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781848326255
• ISBN10: 1848326254
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-01
• Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
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Summary

For the first time, leading World War II authors from around the world have collaborated on a definitive anthology of the greatest snipers of the war.Each author supplies full details of their chosen sniper, including illustrations which have never been published before, to construct a complete and varied picture of sniper warfare.The biographies include of these exceptional soldier include remarkable first-hand accounts of wartime service which provide a graphic insight into a sniper's lethal skill and vividly illustrate the backdrop of the war.These gripping narrative will be fascinating reading for any one who is keen to learn about the role and technique of the sniper during the Second World War but go beyond the cursory treatment in existing histories.The contributors include Charles Henderson writing on the myth of Major Koenig, Mark Spicer on Harry Furness, Martin Pegler on Vassili Zaitsev, Charles Strasser on Pavlichenko, Adrian Gilbert on Sepp Allerberger, Leroy Thompson on Captain C Shore and Roger Moorhhouse on Simo Haya.