St Crispin’s day has been
A bloody day in
history
Famous for being a
day
When battles were
fought
High in the cost of
life
Among these, in 1854
Was the Battle of
Balaclava
Or more specifically
The Charge of the
Light Brigade
A disastrous tactical
blunder
By ill commanded
British forces
Against the Russian
Artillery
In the Crimean War
Vassili Zaitsev was a legendary Russian sniper at the siege of Stalingrad
German
soldiers on the whole did not know the name of this mountain lad
He
set fear and dread into the invaders hearts with his cold hunters eye
And
no German soldier in his sights was safe beneath the harsh winter sky
The
political commissars tried to turn him into a hero of the Russian peoples
But
Vassili saw himself simply as the young wolf hunter from the Urals
Despite
the propaganda his record shows he went about his work without pity
His
kills reaching two hundred and forty two during the siege of the city
It
can only be surmised what impact his deeds had on the battles out come
Just
the knowledge of his existence would have instilled real fear in some
His
actions certainly affected the efficiency of the German war machine
To
the average foot soldier young Vassili represented their doom unseen
The
Germans called on an SS Colonel Thorvald to cancel out the Russian
But
Vassili Zaitsev was triumphant out foxing the wily German marksman
His
success deprived the Nazis the freedom of movement within Stalingrad
So
young Vassili the wolf hunter from the Ural Mountains didn’t do too bad
Vassili Zaitsev was a legendary Russian sniper at the siege of Stalingrad
German
soldiers on the whole did not know the name of this mountain lad
He set fear
and dread into the invader’s hearts with his cold hunter’s eye
And no
German soldier in his sights was safe beneath the harsh winter sky
The political
commissars tried to turn him into a hero of the Russian peoples
But Vassili
saw himself simply as the young wolf hunter from the Urals
Despite the
propaganda his record shows he went about his work without pity
His kills
reaching two hundred and forty-two during the siege of the city
It can only
be surmised what impact his deeds had on the battles out come
Just the
knowledge of his existence would have instilled real fear in some
His actions
certainly affected the efficiency of the German war machine
To the
average foot soldier young Vassili represented their doom unseen
The Germans
called on an SS Colonel Thorvald to cancel out the Russian
But Vassili
Zaitsev was triumphant out foxing the wily German marksman
His success
deprived the Nazis the freedom of movement within Stalingrad
So young
Vassili the wolf hunter from the Ural Mountains didn’t do too bad
St
Crispin’s day has been
A
bloody day in history
Famous
for being a day
When
battles were fought
High
in the cost of life
Among
these, in 1854
Was
the Battle of Balaclava
Or
more specifically
The
Charge of the Light Brigade
A
disastrous tactical blunder
By
ill commanded British forces
Against
the Russian Artillery
In
the Crimean War
