Arguably the most well known German Christmas carols is Stille Nacht or Silent Night. In German WW2 memoirs, this song is recounted being heard across all theaters, from the pocket at Stalingrad to the Ardennes Forrest. Grenadier Jäger is playing this tune on his 1940 accordion. We wish you and your family’s a Merry Christmas. Note: Many German soldiers had mustaches. | 3. / Grenadier-Regiment 211 - Florida Reenacted

While Vasily Zaitsev's skill was real, the legendary duel with a German master sniper named Major Erwin König is considered by historians like Antony Beevor to be a fabrication of Soviet propaganda, with no evidence found in German military archives. The state had a powerful incentive to create larger-than-life heroes to bolster morale. Zaitsev's confirmed toll of 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 rival snipers, was recorded during the intense period from November to December 1942. Beyond his own

Russian President Vladimir #Putin lays wreath on the anniversary of the WWII Nazi invasion of USSR. | Al Arabiya English