[OT] The GZG Digest V2 #355

Stuart,

I am curious, where did you see the film makers have said the whole story is
complete fiction? The duel may have been fiction made up by the Soviet
propaganda machine, that has been agreed as a possibility by both the film
makers and historians.

However, Vasily Zaitsev was a real person who did in fact have more then 200
kills and who was asked to train Snipers during the war. Zaitsev apparently
never confirmed or denied the story of the duel.

As for Tania Chernova, she was a real person. An American Russian who returned
to Russia during the war. So I am curious, where did you
read that Paramount was "back-pedaling frantically" and saying the whole

story was pure fiction? I would like to read the article myself.

        Daniel

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