Fictional Duel

Rating: Null/10 (20 March 2001)

The sniper duel never took place. There is no records in the Waffen SS of a Col. Heinz Thorwald (changed to Koenig in the book). There are no records or mention anywhere of the duel in the soviet company and regiment logs either, including the daily logs kept by them in Stalingrad. Interesting enough, Zeitsev never confirmed or denied the incident. Soviet propaganda would have jumped all over such a duel. A fictional book set in a real setting.