The Finnish people won the comment section war! :)

@timoleivo-jokimaki7692

3 жыл бұрын

Tuskin Simo osaansa valitsi, vaan hän suoritti osansa parhaalla mahdollisella tavalla, johon hänet määrättiin. R.I.P. Simo.

@nimeton666

3 жыл бұрын

@@timoleivo-jokimaki7692 RIP Simo perkele

@ILKOSTFU

3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@Morhgoz

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't loose all of Karelia, just it Southern part and bits in Eastern border. Also about Taika-Ampuja aka Magic Shooter, most of Eastern Finland was at that time still semi-christian, as paganic magics where for most people just part of normal daily culture. As some parts Eastern Finland wheren't christianed until late 17th century...

@methanoid

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody messes with Finns ;-)

My favorite fun fact about Simo Häyhä is that he outlived Soviet Union, as he was born before it was made and was still alive when it dissolved. Probably the only guy who single handedly humiliated the largest nation in the history of the world and lived to tell the tale.

@Zohnorg

3 жыл бұрын

China?

@XGD5layer

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zohnorg The Soviet Union had the most territory in the world (Russia still has today)

@benbrownVII

3 жыл бұрын

He’s just a super legend and should be super-respected. Imagine if he was American? But that’s the thing - the finns have their own style.

@gyderian9435

3 жыл бұрын

@@benbrownVII well he kinda is but just in finland. A movie about him would be cool. And yeah he was a humble man like most finns, as his comments about the war shows "i just did my duty to the best of my abilities". There is another legendary finnish ww2 soldier tho, called Lauri Törni (Larry Thorne) who moved to america and joined the US army.

@goryanadazaghal1206

3 жыл бұрын

you forgot Tito

Random Finnish joke: A Soviet army is marching through a Finnish forest when a general hears a voice from over a hill shout: "one Finnish soldier is better than 10 Soviet soldiers!" The general promptly send 10 soldiers to root out the voice, there is gunfire, and then silence. After a few minutes, the voice shouts defiantly: "One Finnish soldier is better than a hundred Soviet soldiers!!" The general sends a hundred men to remove the nuisance, there is a racket of gunfire, and then quiet. The voice crys out loudly once more: "One Finnish soldier is better than a *thousand* Soviet soldiers!!" Enraged, the general sends a thousand men charging over the hilltop to shut up that voice once and for all, an epic battle rages, and then quiet. After a few minutes, a gravely wounded Soviet crawls back over the hill and crys: "It's a trap! There are *two* Finnish soldiers!!"

@pyr8at40

2 жыл бұрын

thats funny, dont care who ya are

@allualex2606

2 жыл бұрын

Miten sul oli tommonen kypärä intis?

@BlackdragonTheShadow

2 жыл бұрын

Why is this so funny

To me Simo was the Ultimate sniper, HE was modest ,unassuming and obeyed orders to do what he was ordered to do . A first class soldier,patriot and sniper. God rest his soul. RESPECT from Northern Ireland

The video is wrong regarding the wounding. Simo wasn't shot by enemy sniper, he was wounded by soviet infantryman during one of the finnish counterattacks in Battle of Kollaa. He wasn't even using a rifle then, rather a Suomi-KP submachine gun. The soviet soldier probably never even knew that he had shot the infamous White Death.

@parti65

3 жыл бұрын

This is true. Simo Häyhä was not shot by a soviet sniper when he was on sniper mission. He got shot to his face in infantry mission by some random soviet guy using explosive round and just shooting around.

Thank you for the video - great job!

@midnightanimationsph3652

2 жыл бұрын

SHEEESH

The nickname taika-ampuja comes from wordplay with the word tarkka-ampuja, which is sharpshooter in Finnish.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Uuuuuu, thank you for the info!!! :)

@Samfekt

3 жыл бұрын

May or may not relate but Taika-ampuja is also the translated name of the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber.

@joonatanlindqvist900

3 жыл бұрын

What about the translation of taika ampuja, magic shooter

@Cerebatonify

2 жыл бұрын

That'd be anachronistic, as tarkka-ampuja was spelled tarkk'ampuja back then.

@snowdest

2 жыл бұрын

@@Samfekt I'm not generally a big fan of opera, but I love the music in this one. I didn't realize that my simple english translation, "the free shooter" meant anything more than... "one who shoots freely". Gives new meaning to a beautifully complicated story.

Asked grandfather Sulo Kuirinlahti (member of Detachment Törni during 1942-1944) once, can you tell anything from the vinterwar, what do you want to know he said I do not know what you have experienced so it is difficult for me to ask anything specific. He started by saying, you can't understand in your wildest imagination how horrible it is in war if you haven't participated in it yourself. Then he told me that during the winter war at Tolvajärvi (Finland's first victory over the Russians during the vinter war) that they were waiting on the beach for a strike, the Russian came over the frozen lake in brown uniforms! Grandpa said that they were easy to kill, but they were so many and then hes lips trembled, he was 84 years at the time! Talk about bad memories, he died at the age of 86. This happend long before Detachment Törni were formed. That i told about few weeks ago. I have grandfather's old front cards, so I know this is true.

@Essek

3 жыл бұрын

WOOOW! Thank your for this!

@primachpepe8597

3 жыл бұрын

thats really awesome to hear tbh.. feel bad for all those who served through the wars but some are heros

@lemonielala3080

6 ай бұрын

My granddad never wanted to talk about his experiences in the wars. Only some fun anecdotes. How he somehow survived the war (he was at tali-ihantala) with just a frozen earlobe as his only wound. Or how his group one night mowed down a couple of elks because they thought they were russian soldiers, and then tried to smuggle some meat home with them on leave to their families. And how he between fighting carved this absolutely beautiful quite big heart shaped wooden box for my grandmother that we still have.❤ Beyond that, he'd just shake his head and we'd talk about his beloved vegetable garden in stead.

Remember him being the first thing our war crazy jaeger company commander ever taught us while there was Sabaton "White Death" playing from the speakers "do you know who this man is, i expect everyone to raise their hand instantly":D Few Finnish honourable mentions: Aimo Koivunen (the first recorded case of methamphetamine overdose during a war) really interesting and ridiculous story. Aarne Juutilainen "The Terror of Morocco" and Ilmari Juutilainen (Aarne's brother and fighter plane ace, 1 of the 4 men who got 2x Mannerheim cross). Lauri Törni (aka Larry Thorne) "Soldier of Three Armies" (awesome videos about the man btw). Risto Ryti, President of Finland during war time, saved Finland by signing a document by his own name instead of Finland and risking death sentence by doing so, that action saved Finland from being judged and it put all of the blame on himself (legally and politically really smart and brave move) Ruben Lagus "Rommel of Finland". Paavo Talvela, right hand man of Mannerheim and veteran of WW1, Finnish Civil War, Tribal Wars of 1918-1922, Winter War and Continuation War. Aaro Pajari, 1 of the 4 men who got 2x Mannerheim cross. Veteran of Civil War, Tribal Wars, Winter War, Continuation War, Lapland War. Hjalmar Siilasvuo, veteran of 5 wars, led the battle of Suomussalmi/battle of Raate road(failed Soviet operation to cut Finland in half from the narrowest point, one of the most bloodiest and devastating battles for Soviet forces and a huge morale and equipment boost to Finland). Antti Isotalo (Jaeger), grandson of legendary "puukkojunkkari/knifejunkkari" Antti Isotalo. Extreme anticommunist, trained to be a Jaeger in Prussia, joined Tribal Wars to try to unite Karelians to Finland and joined Estonian Freedom War to kick out supporters of communism. And of course the one and only Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (awesome name and title btw)

@whizpopdude123

4 жыл бұрын

make Finland Greater again Damn, thanks for the info! Like I only recognize about two name on this list.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information! Great to see you so active in the comment section! (you will be included in the end screen as "Comment section warrior" :) )

@nimeton666

3 жыл бұрын

PERKELE

@trumpjongun8831

3 жыл бұрын

I would add Viljam Pylkäs too.

@BloodhandsFin

3 жыл бұрын

1JK?

16 shots a minute with a bolt action rifle. On target. I tried once with an 03a3 Springfield. I shot 7 bullets. And hit the target twice. 🤣🤣this man. Was a beast amongst boys lol. Also the fact that the man lived longer than the soviet union. Fucking legend. Everyone should know about him

Finns also built saunas everywhere, so they could warm up in between fighting the Russians. So, who won? The way I see it: Russia`s goal was to invade Finland in two weeks. Finland`s goal was to stay independent. Sure, we lost some land, but we are still an independent country. Russia failed to reach their goal.

@XtreeM_FaiL

3 жыл бұрын

When you are in the line and know that you will get a hot soup and sauna in few hours, you refuse to die.

@Mabswer

3 жыл бұрын

only to later on loose all forms of "independence" to Eu. . .

@0Quiwi0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mabswer You really think EU actually dictates things here? If we don't like their ideas we can just choose not to follow them. If they get pissed off about that we can do a Finxit. EU is not a tyrannical leader. We just agree to follow their rules unless they start asking for too much. That's like making a trade agreement. If we decide we don't like it we walk away. This far it has been more beneficial than a problem

Damn!!! There is tens of great finnish warstories in tube,but no English subtitles!!! DAMN! Ilmari Juutilainen,and his older brother Aarne Juutilainen,for example.Aksel Airo. Ruben Lagus.Alpo Marttinen. Viljam Pylkäs. Iam so proud of them all. They are one of them all,who keep our country,we,indipedent nation. Even now when i wrote this,my eyes are wet. Respect.

the Thing is He died on the 1 April He Just might be Joking and is still alive 🤣😂🤣😂

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, nice one! :D

@sugibudder

4 жыл бұрын

Another thing is they say he woke up the day the war ended, but it was the war that ended the day he woke up.

@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao i'm a Finn but i didn't know that. That's just hilarious

@gamester512

3 жыл бұрын

@@sugibudder I find the thought that the Russians were like "We killed the White Death!" and then Finland was like "Yeah, about that, he's not dead. In fact, he just woke up." To which the Russians responded with: "We surrender!" :P

Imagine being the only sniper to get him only for him to still be alive.

@ala_kysyei_loydy_tietoo6921

2 жыл бұрын

Simo didnt ger shot by sniper

Finland definately won the war when you look at what happened to eastern europe and Finland being the most prosperous east european country today and being rated as one of the best places to live in the world. I don't think that wouldve happened had communism taken root

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your perspective! Yea...the question is always "what do we consider winning" and its always a tricky one :) Are you from Finland? I am asking because I am interested if Finns and Finland consider themself as part of "east" europe or "north" europe. Tnx for the comment! :)

@ValWasTakenWasTaken

4 жыл бұрын

@@Essek Yes I am and we definately identify as purely Nordic. Because of our heritage, lifestyle, history and clear differences from eastern europe. Russia has had influence true but Swedish/Western influence way more. When the Russian Empire took over we demanded and got to keep our laws based on Swedish law for example. But ofc purely geographically speaking it is north-east :) Edit: Thanks for your interest! We Finns love it when people are interested in us and our country. Theres even a national meme "Torille!" which basically means "to the market square" to celebrate a foreigner mentioning Finland

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

I am interesting in almost everything. But especially history, language and culture and I am not ashamed to ask or to say if I dont know something. Cause we learn that Finland does not count as a "Scandinavian" country, but culturaly we know that they are "nordic". So when you said "east" I was a little bit confused. Sorry for that, hahaha :D It's like the question for "balkan", I would say culturaly croatians are Central europe(religion, history(Aust-Hung Monarchy), architecture) but the mentality(drinking coffe for 2-3h, being extreamly sarcastic and so on) is a balkan one. :) I was always interested in the history and culture(especially the mithology) of Finland, Sweden, the Baltic nations and Norway...so yea, you could say you have a real fan of Finland here :D The "Torille!" thing is so interesting, tnx for the info! :)

@ValWasTakenWasTaken

4 жыл бұрын

@@Essek yeah I couldve said molotov ribbentrop pact countries or something instead. I've a croatian friend whose taught me to beware of Promaja haha and about the battle of Vukovar

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha! Yea, Promaja! Beware of it,it can kill you! :D Yea, the battle of Vukovar is maby the most famous battle of the Independence war :) Btw. welcome to the comunity! :)

Finns were very efficient is the best compliment you can get from an Austrian.

my grandfather fought in the war, his battle department was jr 52 i respect them

Man he was one hell of a sniper, and no scope.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, and at the beginning of the war he was like "Scope? Pff, thats for noobs." :D

Thank you for this video. I really enjoyed your commentary and it was really point on and I think you got pretty good knowledge of the subject :)

He didn't really like the fame either when he was asked what he thinks about it all he replied with this quote. II did what I was told to do, as well as I could.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

A really cool dude. I hope he is covered in history books in finland :)

@peterlee4682

3 жыл бұрын

Again typical Finn. Early in that war, Finnish machine gun crews suffered from PTSD. Like mowing the lawn, they would eliminate human wave attacks every day from inexperienced Russian commanders. The constant exposure to that suffering and carnage had an impact....

6 kills a day in during the polar night means very short times of daylight. Thats, say, only 3 hours of operative conditions every day. Thats two kills an hour, or one every 30 minutes for the duration of the war.

Amazing story, and unlike most snipers he never used telescopic sights, just used his rifle iron sights. In later Life he just said of this time he was simply doing his duty.

Well done as usual. Love the breakdown of the math.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yea, the numers are just...what...

800 men is about 3 companies of troops. That's impressive.

@stoneedward2456

3 жыл бұрын

Simo Häyhä was the real terminator!

I think the temperatures between -25 to -40 were supposed to be C, not F. Namely those numbers in C have been told in Finnish, and Finland uses Celcius. Seems like the source or the video maker has just assumed Fahrenheit after seeing the numbers.

@timomastosalo

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the Russian uniforms were bright green. They were brown in my eyes, or that king of khaki which between green & brown. It was quite dark against the snow, but not black that would blend with black background, except of course in the dusk and night, which are long in winter time this far north, Of course the Finnish white camo (often just clothes of whie sheets) blended with the snow any time.

@timomastosalo

3 жыл бұрын

The obituary has the word 'born' abbreviated to s. (syntynyt), and likewise 'died' is k. (kuollut). Rautjärvellä (on/at Rautjärvi) is the place of birth, like Haminan sairaskoti (nursing home, especially for elderly with sicknesses or disabilities, of Hamina) is the place of death.

@DruidEnjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

Quirk of the fahrenheit system is that at those temperatures celsius and fahrenheit match. -40c is -40f

Hey friend! Keep up the nice work!

Soviets population back then was 170 million against 3.9 million Finns.

Great video.

another legend from that was the finnish soldier named Lauri Törni. lot's of videos about him out there too.

Some kid: "I've got K/D ratio of 7 in call of duty" Simo: "Fucking casual"

Fins always good in self defense, tradition to this day

Great videos, but ya should check simple history version too about Simo Häyhä and other things.

@Essek

3 жыл бұрын

Noted!

9:18 except it was in the middle of winter, the day (the time the sun was out) was maybe 8 hours. thats closer to a kill every 20 minutes. Tho tbh, i think that was one of the days when russians came at them in large groups and he manned his submachine gun, Had he been allowed to stick with his rifle the entire war he would have gotten less kills but would have never been shot and would have continued to do his work in the continuation war.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, the numbers are crazy whatever way you look at it...like in raw numbers or in statistical terms. :)

@Gurben

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't find info about the 40 kills made in one day, but his record of 25 in one day was on 21st of December which happens to be the shortest day of the year in here. So he had less than 6 hours of daylight that day :)

There is an old saying in Finland that the army marches on its stomach

Simo the legend between 505 - 542 confirmed kills now that puts the movies into perspective He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 (a variant of the Mosin-Nagant rifle) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun

Hi from Finland. 😊

I've heard it said that the lessons learned against the Finns in The Winter War helped the Soviets kick Nazi ass at Stalingrad.

12:02 also another fact, the 1st stage of the soviet invasion of finland was carried out by soldiers brought from parts of russia that were not used to the cold winter in the northern or central parts of russia since most of the soldiers were from the southern part of the country, and yeah also they were badly equipped, in every sence

@Essek

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the input! :)

@gastonhitw720

3 жыл бұрын

@@Essek :)

@66hss

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, for example the 44th Soviet division, which got totally detroyed in Raate, was ukrainian.

@gastonhitw720

3 жыл бұрын

@@66hss true

So many facets to a man like that. Yes a great marksman and national hero but also a simple farmer that probably laid awake at night wondering about the lives he took for the sake of country. I imagine him a complex man desiring to live as simply as he was able. Would have loved to known him.

@_Daniel_Plainview

4 жыл бұрын

He once said "I did what I was told as well as I could" or something like that. Pretty sure he didn't regret it heavily, after all he was just a man who had to defend his home land. He lived a long and simple life after the war and never married or got kids. I guess that's what he wanted.

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, me too! :D

@fashiondollshoes

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't do it just for his country, he was one of the many whose farm was located in the area that Stalin wanted and that was finally lost. Like my paternal grandpa, he was fighting for his home and his way of life. And the land he got from the Finnish state after the war was a compensation for what he had lost. The state purchased land in other parts of the country to resettle the farmers who had lost their farms in the Karelian isthmus.

@susangordon1153

4 жыл бұрын

@@fashiondollshoes Thank you for your first hand input; it makes the history so much more real to me. Being from the US, I have never had to experience war in "my own back yard" so to speak, nor has anyone else here. War is something that happens far away in another land. Sometimes our guys go and then of course, they are always the best and are heroes here but we don't get to hear the stories of the MANY heroes there. I am so thankful I found this channel and people like yourself that are helping to broaden my perspective. Please, comment anytime to help enlighten me!

@JyrrSol

3 жыл бұрын

I seem to recall that some of the later Finnish presidents after the wars also regularly went hunting with the man on their spare time.

Finland all so have most succesful fighter pilot ace Ilmari Juutilainen.. he was brother of Simos commander.

@Leonidae

3 жыл бұрын

Most successful non-German fighter pilot, you mean?

People back then, Russia 150 000 000 Finland 3 500 000

16 shots in 1 minute at 150 metres. The Mosin-Nagant rifle used a 5 shot inline magazine but a 6th round could be loaded in the chamber atop the magazine load. So - 6 in the gun to start plus 2 reloads using 5 round stripper clips = 16 rounds. The 1 minute time frame is still impressive considering it was a manually operated turn-bolt - even moreso if it was a straight handled bolt instead of the down-turned bolt handle used on the Soviet Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles. Every photo I have been able to find shows his was a straight bolt handle which meant he had to lift it from 90° (3 o'clock position) to the vertical 0° (12 o'clock position) before he could pull the bolt back to eject his spent brass, then forward and back down to 90° before resuming his firing grip for his next shot. If you've never tried a straight bolt gun - it's a tough job to do that, especially when you try to do it fast!

A scope could fog up in the cold too

You just have to love overachievers...

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, especially when he is also humble as Simo was. :)

He outlived the Soviet Union. I find that amusing.

Whatever you do, it will be great!

Simo shot at least 505 men, but in reality there may be 542 men.

Damn youve got your history right👌

If the machine gun kills are accurate, he killed 20% of the enemy forces his group was supposed to stop personally. He carried his team.

I am not impressed with your excuses for the Soviet Russian Army, 'It was one of the harshest winters, so the snow was big and it was very cold!' the Finnish army also faced the exact same conditions! As for 'The Russian's weren't equipped as they should be!' whose fault is that? The USSR was the aggressor here, they chose to attack Finland. The Finnish Army used the exact same pincer movement tactic that the Russian's used against Napoleon's Army. As a history teacher, you should know the quote 'He who cannot remember the past, is doomed to repeat it.' As for Simo Häyhä, he was a modest and religious man who never boasted about his achievement, he was saddened that he had to do what was needed.

You could do this next (The legend Lauri Törni aka Larry Thorne - "The soldier of three armies"): kzread.info/dash/bejne/h65mo89yccvfYZc.html

Next Lauri Törni .. Ak. Larry Thorn. Soldier of tre army'es.!!

Hitler's army tried to invade the Soviet Union ill-prepared and Stalin's army tried to invade Finland ill-prepared... So winter helped saving us from Nazis or Communists ruling over Europe. Thanks winter! Another reason why this is my favourite season of the year! :-D

The russians wore the green uniforms, i like to call em christmas trees without the light.

The Finns were not well equipped in the Winterwar, it's a common misbelief, they had shortages in clothes and especially weaponary. But they new how to live in the harsh environment, they were familiar with the woods and terrain. And Stalin sent the troops mainly from the Moscow area, they were completely urbanized and unfamiliar with the forrests. The only troops of real soldiers came from Ukraina 5000 soldiers but they were unwilling to fight the Finns for solidary reasons.

4000+Tanks and canons against 32 Finns !! (300 Shit)!!

When it comes to staggering kill count you should also check out Beast of Omaha (Heinrich Severloh).

The finns actually won the war. Becuse the USSR’s task was to make Finland communism. But they faild so Finland technically won the Winter war and the Continuation war. 🇫🇮 Suomi perkele!!!

siimou heyhäy

can you make a video comparing different socialist/communist systems? yugoslavia under tito vs. soviet union vs. communist china vs. cuba etc.? i guess yugoslavia was the most liberal out of these countries. pozdrav iz njemačke.

Ja talvisota KESTI 3 KUUKAUTTA!!. mut Simol se kesti vähä vähemmän.. mut jooo KUINKA MONI SAI YLIMÄÄRÄISEN LOMA VIIKONLOPUN JA "KULTAISEN" AMPUJA MITALLIN!!??.. MINÄ ONKO MUIT PAINAKAA PEUKKUU TOSSA ALLAAL!!🙂..

that guy would have lost if he screamed 360 NO SCOPE every hit edit:grammar

@Essek

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahaha

Darlin!!!!!!!!!!!

He is my HERO !!!!

It's not "Hey-huh", as in the vocalization of his family name. Finnish names are notoriously hard to pronounce for literally everyone else but estonians(tere eestlased!). The "ä" is pronounced the same as the "a" in the word "ass." The second spoken syllable is spoken like the letters "HA" in "hashtag." And as ALWAYS with Finnish words, you're putting emphasis on the first syllable.

winter war lasted 105 days and simo wounded before the end

YOu should find some videos that are dead wrong and correct them...... WHat do you think? Gives it a more critical view for the misinformed. (Most of America myself included)

@Essek

4 жыл бұрын

I could do it. But im scared that most of the misinformation comes from politicians....HAHAHHAHA

@nolidee4917

4 жыл бұрын

@@Essek well if they're us fuckheads who cares, they'll all be dead in the next 10 year with a few exception, and they wont matter soon enough

Simo häyhä was aimBot. His K/D is 10,00

only 5 ft tall? So we could call him little white death? (it's petite morte joke)

I am 54 and still wait whit my 9,6 and 308 if the russians want to try again

I hate when all call him heyhaa. Its häyhä >:(

@wintergirldancing

3 жыл бұрын

I know right! And it's not just this video, it's most videos using english I've seen 😬 But that said, great video!

@evlinay

3 жыл бұрын

Kaikki ei voi lausua sitä niinku se pitäs :D semmosta se on.

@Eddieouh

3 жыл бұрын

@@evlinay Pakko voida. Mun hauras suomalainen egoni kärsii

Simo haya is only human. I'm not mad because of being tryhard

Sun suomi kuulosti hyvälle🤣

@artturisiikanen3843

3 жыл бұрын

juu oli aik ymmärrettävää suomea

Every time the narrator misspells his name "Hay-hah!", I just cringe.

Interviewer in the late 70ies: "what did you feel when you killed all those men? Häyhä: "The recoil!"

The best thing was that simo was asked how you felt when you shot a soviet soldier. He answered that i can feel the recoil

19.07 in Finnish we have 2 words for uncle . Setä is fathers brother and eno is mothers brother. Our uncle and the oldest second lieutanant of our family. Simo Hayhä born 17.12.1905 at Rautjärvi dead 01.04.2002 at Hamina home for the sick Rememberance with our thanks from your brother and sister with their families " Oh Finland your birth country. Let your son fall asleep in your busom happily. As You have hidden him in for his last rest" We invite you to the ceremony in the curch of Ruokolahti etc...

@artturisiikanen3843

3 жыл бұрын

väärin

500 something confirmed kills. Plus, if I recall, well over 2000 unconfirmed.

@wikiuser92

3 жыл бұрын

500 sniper kills and 200 submachine gun kills, not 2000.

this video is so wrong

In 40's, the population of Finland was about 3,7 million, and population in Soviet Union, was about 8,3 million.

@diamondsarenotforever8542

3 жыл бұрын

Finland's population was 3,5 million and Soviet union's like 170 million. You can google it.

Simo allegedly killed 500 or 700 enemy soldier!? The figure was constantly changing and none of these murders is confirmed by anything other than Simo words. Simo fought for 96 days. How many people did he kill a day? 7-8?! Did they line up every day? If there are snipers on the front line, no one will even stick their noses out of the trench. There are special periscopes for safe inspection of the area. 6 Mar 1940 in Call Hayha was badly injured. The explosive bullet hit him in the left side of the face. As a special distinction, Hayha received a Sako sniper rifle presented by the Swede Eugene Johanson on February 17, 1940. By the time Hayha shot according to unconfirmed reports already 219 of the red army. Nothing attracts attention? I was surprised that in 16 days before Simо was injured, 219 Russians were counted as dead. Not 745! And not 500! That is, for the remaining 16 days, Simо filled 530 frags??? How's that??? On 33 Russians (only killed, and to comrades saw!!!) per day? with only a few hours of daylight? That is, there, judging by the opinion of idiots, was not a front line with trenches, but a firing point - right in the morning to Simо goes 33 stupid Russians, he kills them like chickens, the comrades check everything out-so strictly all Russians were just dead - while from the Soviet side no one shoots, everyone patiently builds a queue for execution? Are you serious??? Here is the Soviet sniper Nomokonov stuffed more than 360 enemies. In FOUR YEARS!!! And at the end of the war, the rank and file were no longer counted. These are CONFIRMED MURDERS. And the sniper worked in pairs, there was control over him. Does anything seem strange to you? Do you still believe that Simo Häyhä is not an invention of the Finnish military propoganda?! And the cherry on this cake!!! On the Soviet side, no one has heard of a Finnish sniper in this sector of the front, and no losses from sniper fire have been recorded.

@donweaver6818

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's BS. Exploding bullet? How to make a rifle round packed with explosive material without sacrificing its ballistic potential escapes me. Jacket fragments should have been blown into the roof of his mouth tongue sinuses etc. Some US marines have expressed skepticism about Carlos Hatchcock's reported kills in Vietnam. Comic book hero stories emerge from all armies. I am rather skeptical about some of the Russian sniper exaggerated numbers as well.