War of the Rats

War of the Rats

Infobox Book
name = War of the Rats
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image_caption = "The War of the Rats" book cover
author = David L. Robbins
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language = English
series =
genre = World War II,
Historical fiction
publisher = Bantam Books
release_date = 1999
media_type = Print
pages = 512
isbn = ISBN 055358135X
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"War of the Rats" is a WWII novel written by David L. Robbins in 1999. The book is, contrary to popular belief, not based on a true story (see Heinz Thorvald article).fact|date=June 2008

The movie "Enemy at the Gates" is partially based on this book.

Plot summary

The plot focuses on a 1942 battle between the Germans and the Russians set in Stalingrad, Russia. The battle is declared by the Germans to be "Rattenkrieg"; translated, "War of the Rats".

The story focuses in on the lives of two expert snipers, a Russian and a German, each with the goal of killing the other. The two snipers, Army Chief Master Sergeant Vasily Zaytsev of the Red Army and SS Colonel Heinz Thorvald of the German army, are equally matched. However, the story is complicated when an American woman who is trapped in Russia, Tania Chernova, becomes one of Vasily's most talented assistants.

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* [http://www.davidlrobbins.com/novels/War_of_the_Rats/summary.html Author David L. Robbins's official website]


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