In WW2 i have often read and seen pics of german snipers staying in ruined towns alone in random buildings/churches/towers. Was there a tactic they had to do this and did they not know that if they did this they would likely never return alive from that place again?

by perfectpint123

I mean, for me it just sounds like the kamikaze pilots, they must have known they would never make it out of it alive again.

And to add to my question, these pics im talking about are often american soldiers in these towns dodging german snipers, so was the tactic by the german army to abandon a town and then just leave some snipers in them that known that they will never make it back to their army again if they stay there? Or was these cases where german sniper was captured alive?

Sorry for weird and long question, i am just curious about this cause i would never have accepted this if i was a sniper, it must have been a death sentence?

Last, was this ''tactic'' used in eastern front also by retreating german army?