Episode 488-One Shot, One Kill: Soviet Snipers of the Eastern Front

The History of WWII Podcast - A podcast by Ray Harris Jr

From painful experiences during the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War against Finland, Soviet Russia started several sniper schools. Hence when the Axis came and the Eastern Front was born, these men and women took the fight to the enemy. But not as much as their greatest sniper, Ivan Sidorenko. He was self taught and would go on to teach hundreds more of the craft of snipping.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices