Vladmir Filatov was able to save the eyesight of sniper Vasily Zaytsev during what battle?
Vasily Zaytsev Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. Prior to 10 November, he killed 32 Axis soldiers with a standard-issue rifle. Between 10 November 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers, including 11 snipers.
Vasilij Kvachantiradze Vasil Kvachantiradze (Georgian: ვასილ შალვას ძე კვაჭანტირაძე Russian: Квачантирадзе, Василий Шалвович (Kvachantiradze, Vasily Shalvovich)); January 1907 – February 9, 1950) was a top Soviet sniper during World War II. He entered Red Army service in 1941 and is credited with confirmed kills numbering at least 215 officers and soldiers of the German Wehrmacht during the Vitebsk-Orsha Offensive, and around 534 confirmed kills total during Operation Bagration or during the war.