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  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Před 3 lety +3915

    Americans have Vietnam flashbacks, Russians have Finland flashbacks.

    • @JQuester28
      @JQuester28 Před 3 lety +109

      FINLAND!!!

    • @lithium1770
      @lithium1770 Před 3 lety +102

      British have american flashbacks

    • @SovietUnion_
      @SovietUnion_ Před 3 lety +110

      No, we have Afghanistan flashbacks(Russians)

    • @spacepeing9936
      @spacepeing9936 Před 3 lety +22

      Tree: psss remember me bitch

    • @asashin4983
      @asashin4983 Před 3 lety +69

      Only difference is we killed over 1 million VC and lost 50,000. Russia killed 25,000 and lost over 1 million.

  • @Spetulhu
    @Spetulhu Před 3 lety +1884

    And Simo never bragged about killing people. He just stated he had done what was asked of him as well as he could. He didn't hate the men he killed but it had to be done. If they had come in peace he would happily have offered them food and a hunting trip.
    War is hell.

    • @ranggasaktibudiputra1547
      @ranggasaktibudiputra1547 Před 2 lety +31

      He's ice cold, damn.

    • @dutchvanderlinde2442
      @dutchvanderlinde2442 Před 2 lety +73

      Once when he was asked that do you feel anything For The people you Have killed he answered. "Tein sen mitä piti niin hyvin kuin osasin"
      English translation: I did what i was supposed to as Well as i could.

    • @lordgrimm2905
      @lordgrimm2905 Před 2 lety +11

      Nah war is not hell, there is only sinners on hell, war is full of inocents

    • @EricWulfe
      @EricWulfe Před 2 lety +10

      @@lordgrimm2905 except for politicians, they can go straight to hell

    • @Postidemoni
      @Postidemoni Před 2 lety +37

      @@dutchvanderlinde2442
      This is true, I've seen the interview.
      Amazing person, soldier and marksman, that I look up to.
      That statment is Finnish mentality, consentrated into a single statement.
      Best defense against enemies of Finland is, to be like Häyhä. Never surrender and never give up, give all to your cause, even when defeated. That quite sums up meaning of "Sisu" also...

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 Před 3 lety +1836

    Whenever someone asked him how he got so good at marksmanship, Simo simply replied, "Practice."

    • @IvanBias24
      @IvanBias24 Před 3 lety +59

      when asked what did you feel he said the recoil

    • @inhisglory960
      @inhisglory960 Před 3 lety +17

      @@IvanBias24 that's just a rumour

    • @ConnorSinclairCavin
      @ConnorSinclairCavin Před 3 lety +10

      @@IvanBias24 with that target rate record? He had developed immunity by that point, a little every day paves you along the resistance way haha

    • @alainerookkitsunev5605
      @alainerookkitsunev5605 Před 3 lety +52

      @@IvanBias24 simo never said that, some other sniper said he feels recoil when asked what he feels after shooting an enemy. It was an american or sas sniper if i recall correctly. Simo, when asked what he felt after shooting many enemies responded that he was only doing his job.

    • @IvanBias24
      @IvanBias24 Před 3 lety +4

      @@alainerookkitsunev5605 ok

  • @D4rkn3ss2000
    @D4rkn3ss2000 Před 3 lety +1362

    In Russia, everybody's gangsta until the snow starts speaking suomi

    • @gris186
      @gris186 Před 3 lety +54

      *Kolme, kaksi...*
      BLYAT!!

    • @asphojdenkarlstad396
      @asphojdenkarlstad396 Před 3 lety +1

      Huiksille is what it says on the shampoo bottle what does it mean

    • @jukkar6193
      @jukkar6193 Před 3 lety +5

      @@asphojdenkarlstad396 For your hair.

    • @asphojdenkarlstad396
      @asphojdenkarlstad396 Před 3 lety +1

      Jukka R thank you lol

    • @vanefreja86
      @vanefreja86 Před 2 lety +1

      @@gris186 That is about my knowledge of the finnish language - 1, 2, 3 and wind ;)

  • @arttuuusisalo8709
    @arttuuusisalo8709 Před 2 lety +347

    " hit a target 16 times in a minute" keep in mind that the rifle that Simo was using only has 5 bullets in a clip 😬

    • @markmayfield2535
      @markmayfield2535 Před 2 lety +36

      From 500 feet away too

    • @alanyamamura
      @alanyamamura Před 2 lety +50

      @Dark Slayer1237 The M28 Rifle, a version of the Mosin, which is a bolt action, was loaded by a five round clip of 7.62x53mmR. It is loaded into a internal magazine, which cannot be removed unless fully disassembled. At the time most rifles were loaded by clip, as it was cheaper and easier.

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Před 2 lety +12

      @Dark Slayer1237 Its not a magazine, you are just reacting with a meme. The name, like alan said is a clip, but I believe it would have been called (transliteration) an "ammo comb" because it looks like bristles in a comb.

    • @JohnAdams-xc5yk
      @JohnAdams-xc5yk Před 2 lety +5

      All his kills were within 100 days

    • @thecommentingt34
      @thecommentingt34 Před 2 lety +3

      It's a stripper clip loaded bolt action weapon. The Mosin was always a 5 bullet clip loaded weapon

  • @RetiredBrass
    @RetiredBrass Před 2 lety +191

    6:18 reminds me of this story: at one time, the Soviets heard a man shouting from the nearby woods "One Finnish soldier is better than 10 Soviets!" Annoyed, they sent a squad of 10 soldiers to deal with this man. Shots are heard, then silence. Suddenly, they hear again "One Finnish soldier is better than 50 Soviets!". Getting angry, they now send in 50 soldiers. Again shooting, screaming, then silence. The unseen man shouts again "One Finnish soldier is better than 100 Soviets!". Really pissed, the Soviets now send 100 soldiers. Shooting, screaming, silence. But this time, one survivor returns. He reports to his commanding officer and begs him "Please sir, don't send any more men. It's a trap! There are actually two of them!"

    • @thecinnamonguy5127
      @thecinnamonguy5127 Před rokem +8

      I feel bad for laughing. But that's still very impressive even for 2.

    • @Ulf_Fang
      @Ulf_Fang Před rokem +10

      That story is true. It was sergeant Rokka and a man with a machine gun and it happened at night but the Russians tried to plan a surprise attack and by chance Rokka and a man with a rifle saw the Russians in an open area and Rokka shot them with one machine gun

    • @jounikemppi
      @jounikemppi Před rokem +1

      @@Ulf_Fang Funny... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Soldier_(novel)

    • @shotaaizawa1206
      @shotaaizawa1206 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Either he is that good on moving in the battle or he had someone else help him for tactical advantage
      The latter makes more sense due to his accomplishments as this guy is a tactical genius

  • @HafdirTasare
    @HafdirTasare Před 3 lety +805

    I love the part where they send out a countersniper, knewing his general position, both snipers lurking for 3 days and waiting for one to make the first movement, until the russian sniper decided to leave since he thought Häyhä was not in the area.
    That was when Simo took the shot.
    What a fucking beast of a Rifleman.

    • @anjaneyasreetrout2444
      @anjaneyasreetrout2444 Před 3 lety +57

      Power of patience.

    • @gahagan6472
      @gahagan6472 Před 3 lety +75

      Mans was like, “fuck it he’s not here”, 5 seconds later “I hurt myself today to see if I could feel”

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 Před 2 lety +28

      As the Adeptus Custodes said:
      Patience is a weapon.

    • @argyrendehringterimksaccu174
      @argyrendehringterimksaccu174 Před 2 lety +1

      Polmao golden kamuy from offbrand sauce chn dud wait until almost high cold hypothermia succumb but take a shot at a retreating averted Ruthenian rus snipah very few word man even before his bro got killed the dude who always run away is based on a dude who ran away from Sapporo prison iirc but of course it's fiction so the tsar is Alexander still tho as of all past leaders the progeny survived Romanoff Mussolini hitlin is already succumb to amphetamine by the personal doctor also didn't run so no way for long realtionship of nurturing a goatling just like the allied movie stallin' me262 vs po2 as usual sold his opionIon weak Sohn to the high ranking officers but spoiled his tochter aus Nietzsche framework Mussolini mago appear in playboy macarthur was really soft so they still reign but it was that or gulag since the northern island and almost inland at that time is blitz creek stream called Manchuria blitzkrieg counter offensive so yeah nice anime PS there's also alt history called deep blue fleet
      Forgot to say cincinatus\īī who got bad child but refuse prolonging of his Caesar dictator for life reign and back his farm just like ezio good spiritual successor from video game iirc washington or whoever the first also refuse when ask Tobe a dictator but just like a varied commsektzion is some comment said British abolish it before civil wahr so it's kinda funne how fate shape some stuffs on the patriot commsektzion

    • @Jamhael1
      @Jamhael1 Před 2 lety +6

      @@argyrendehringterimksaccu174 what drugs are you on, dude?

  • @Tylran
    @Tylran Před 3 lety +543

    A few inaccuracies with this particular video:
    -Häyhä wasn't shot by a sniper, but a Soviet infantryman. Had he been alone in a sniper's nest, he might've died.
    -Häyhä froze the snow in front of his barrel, not his barrel, in order to prevent the fumes from puffing the smoke in front of the gun barrel. The snow in mouth also prevented vapor from forming.
    -He also disliked the sniper scopes because the lens would get foggy and freeze over in the cold winter.
    He was asked once how did he feel about his deeds during the Winter War, and he simply responded: "I did my job as well as I could". He never really liked the fame of being the deadliest sniper of all time.

    • @tigervv6437
      @tigervv6437 Před 2 lety +12

      The scope would also reflect light.

    • @airsofter123
      @airsofter123 Před 2 lety +3

      True, Torilla tavataan

    • @hsgsgsgs1200
      @hsgsgsgs1200 Před 2 lety +9

      Imma add one the soviets wore Brown and not Green and why the hell did they use american ww2 footage and why was there an ak-47 barrel on the screen few times

    • @Ethan.YT.
      @Ethan.YT. Před 2 lety

      He used Iron sight instead of a scope

    • @Rikard_Nilsson
      @Rikard_Nilsson Před 2 lety

      In what world would the Soviets bother equipping regular riflemen with explosive rifle ammunition?

  • @zimbabwejim7153
    @zimbabwejim7153 Před 3 lety +420

    A "fun" fact: Since days are real short at these latitudes during the winter, Häyhä had more kills than hours of daylight in that war.

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Před 2 lety +4

      Its nice to see someone spreading my original comment. :-D
      If someone proves the claim wrong, kick me. :-D :-D :-D

    • @pouncepounce7417
      @pouncepounce7417 Před 2 lety +5

      At -40F you have very clear skies, together with snow cover reflecting you have decent light, if there is moon light you can read an newspaper.

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Před 2 lety +7

      @@pouncepounce7417 Headlines maybe. Otherwise you need exceptional eyesight and perfect conditions. Certainly not in a forest. I doubt russians would have provided targets at nighttime anyway. But in perfect conditions, theoretically yes.

    • @pouncepounce7417
      @pouncepounce7417 Před 2 lety +2

      @@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 I am living there, 200km below the polar circle.
      We have 2-3 hours of "sun just below horizone" days.
      As long you have full snow cover and clear sky you can see some ok without moon, but with moon light you have "normal household flashlight" levels of light.
      You have to experience it i guess, but light conditions as soon you have the moon up are amazingly "not dark" as long you have snow.

    • @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681
      @ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Před 2 lety +4

      @@pouncepounce7417 Theres a difference between being able to walk a familiar path and a snipershot, you know?

  • @WeirdHistory
    @WeirdHistory Před 2 lety +482

    Thanks for watching...and reacting!

    • @OriginalHuman
      @OriginalHuman  Před 2 lety +44

      No problem 😊

    • @dodipappa
      @dodipappa Před 2 lety +11

      Have you tried pronoucing it Häyhä? Not Heihäh 🤭 btw great vid

    • @envittutiia
      @envittutiia Před 2 lety +5

      Why didn't you mention the fact that he killed 8 Soviets with one shot?

    • @sylphid1431
      @sylphid1431 Před 2 lety

      What?!?

    • @villekyllonen8941
      @villekyllonen8941 Před 2 lety

      @@dodipappa suomalainen?

  • @Pyllymysli
    @Pyllymysli Před 3 lety +361

    Later after the war, during a interview Simo was asked how did he accomplish this unblevieable feat. Simo replied that he had been given a job to do, and he did it as well as he could.

  • @davidtheamazing4617
    @davidtheamazing4617 Před 3 lety +252

    Before going to bed, every Russian checks their closet and under their bed for snow that speaks Finnish.

  • @maxeriksson4113
    @maxeriksson4113 Před 3 lety +609

    When someone asked Simo ”What did you feel when you shot enemy soldiers?” He replied ”The Recoil”

    • @ThePaperTowelBandit.
      @ThePaperTowelBandit. Před 2 lety +6

      Hey I saw this comment on a separate video lol

    • @kopsu6739
      @kopsu6739 Před 2 lety +29

      @@PubliusEnigma94 He did not.

    • @maxeriksson4113
      @maxeriksson4113 Před 2 lety +6

      @@kopsu6739 he did you can look it up
      Bdw not trying to star an argument

    • @kopsu6739
      @kopsu6739 Před 2 lety +28

      @@maxeriksson4113 He did not say "recoil". The question is correct, but the answer is not.

    • @sniperfreak223
      @sniperfreak223 Před 2 lety +25

      It seems every quote from a Finnish sniper gets attributed to Simo...he never said the recoil thing, nor was he the one who said the "personal difficulties" shooting Russians caused him were "You see, they tended to duck, get behind cover and run in a zig-zag."
      The Finns had, and still have, a lot of top-tier snipers, and a lot of interviews were done with quite a few of them after the war.

  • @nielsbrinchsimonsen7712
    @nielsbrinchsimonsen7712 Před 3 lety +97

    I read a quote from a Soviet officer, whose men and equipment was being neutralized in guerrila style attacks from the Finnish soldiers, he said that the first Finnish soldiers he saw during the war was the ones capturing him - The soviets was not prepared for the nightly surprise attacks and probably often didn't even see their attackers

    • @MrRazmut
      @MrRazmut Před 2 lety +10

      I've read the soviets often had to keep their engines running while in long columns on the road or they might not start again in the harsh cold so they often couldn't see OR hear the finnish gliding in on their skis before they were surrounded and right on their asses. You would be trying to sleep and suddenly there'd be shots and yelling and molotov cocktails and grenades being thrown at your vehicles

    • @jarlnils435
      @jarlnils435 Před 2 lety +10

      The funny thing is, in the great northern war, when the russians invaded the kingdom of sweden in the middle of winter, they were stopped by finnish hunters on Ski and armed with longbows. They used in the winter war the same tactics as their ancestors in the great northern war.

    • @Finland-SkiTeam39-40
      @Finland-SkiTeam39-40 Před rokem

      As there are jokes still; even joint Nordic air force will outnumber whole russian fleet easily

  • @Pugiron
    @Pugiron Před 3 lety +66

    500 confirmed with his rifle, 200 confirmed with his sub-machine gun. No numbers for his unconfirmed kills.

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela Před 2 lety +5

      Soviet tactics were mass attacks. Finns just waited, and started shooting on a mass of people. Who knows how many was killed by whom.

    • @mrbonanza3107
      @mrbonanza3107 Před 2 lety +4

      @@RoyalMela He kept number on his daily book you know?

    • @Finland-SkiTeam39-40
      @Finland-SkiTeam39-40 Před rokem +3

      @@mrbonanza3107 Welcome to Finland

    • @mrbonanza3107
      @mrbonanza3107 Před rokem +1

      @@Finland-SkiTeam39-40 What the PERKELE do you mean?

    • @johanf9279
      @johanf9279 Před 5 měsíci

      No. Around 580 total, 200+ with rifle.

  • @julianaFinn
    @julianaFinn Před 2 lety +57

    As a Finn, I know about him, but not in such detail. Hunting is a big part of Finland, and my father taught me to shoot at age 7. (Rifle was bigger than me and papa had to hold me upright lol). Loved this video! Thank you for the respect for my country 🇫🇮🇫🇮👍

  • @jane_c_ha
    @jane_c_ha Před 3 lety +125

    There's even a song in that deadliest sniper

    • @jane_c_ha
      @jane_c_ha Před 3 lety +26

      Just search white dead sabaton

    • @Zuhis83
      @Zuhis83 Před 2 lety +6

      @@jane_c_ha sabaton has a song about Lauri Törni as well. Soldier of three armies

  • @iansadler9417
    @iansadler9417 Před 3 lety +50

    Hayha peeking out from behind the trees with a huge smile is the funniest thing ive seen all day

    • @zilvertron
      @zilvertron Před 2 lety +2

      His last name isnt a karate chop sound

    • @schulzjulius
      @schulzjulius Před 2 lety

      @@zilvertron every keyboard don't have å, ä or ö.

    • @zilvertron
      @zilvertron Před 2 lety

      @@schulzjulius yes they do its in settings

  • @Kevc00
    @Kevc00 Před 3 lety +294

    You should react to Lauri Törne the man who fought for three armies by simple history

    • @karitilsala9297
      @karitilsala9297 Před 3 lety +28

      Little typo... Lauri Törni. But yes. definitely. 👍

    • @Kevc00
      @Kevc00 Před 3 lety +9

      @@karitilsala9297 shit yeah I'm Irish so I am terrible with finnish names

    • @karitilsala9297
      @karitilsala9297 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Kevc00 I am Finnish and I do understand. English speakers have "a little" difficulty pronouncing Finnish names, eg band, song, place or family names ...😁👍

    • @erikenqvist9081
      @erikenqvist9081 Před 3 lety +25

      Lauri really didn't like communists.

    • @JonTheManZ
      @JonTheManZ Před 3 lety +9

      @@erikenqvist9081 Who does?

  • @rugo2065
    @rugo2065 Před 2 lety +19

    Imagine Simo being a overprotective father and saying to the boyfriend: “I killed over 500 men and I’m not afraid to kill you”

  • @marcusberggren9241
    @marcusberggren9241 Před 3 lety +86

    I'm Swedish but my grandmother was born in 1931 so she was young when the 2nd world war and consequently the winter war broke out. She was shuttled to safety in Sweden as many Finnish kids were then during the war. Her brother died in that war at the age of 19. Their home were part of the part of Karjala which is now Russian but was then Finnish.

    • @SvensktTroll
      @SvensktTroll Před 2 lety +2

      Min mormor blev kvar i wasa medans alla hennes syskon blev skickade till sverige.. Hennes far va med i kriget så hon fick klara sig själv på gatorna - badass finnar ;-)

    • @christiangaming-fy6rv
      @christiangaming-fy6rv Před 2 lety +3

      Karjala = Finnish land !

    • @marcusberggren9241
      @marcusberggren9241 Před 2 lety +2

      @@christiangaming-fy6rv some of southern karjala was lost and is Russian.

    • @christiangaming-fy6rv
      @christiangaming-fy6rv Před 2 lety +1

      @@marcusberggren9241 I know

    • @marcusberggren9241
      @marcusberggren9241 Před 2 lety

      @Egert Roos I'm referring to the karelian Isthmus en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_Isthmus
      More accurately near Vyborg is where my grandmother grew up. She fled along with most of her siblings first to Åbo in southwest Finland and then to Sweden.

  • @theblackbear211
    @theblackbear211 Před 3 lety +156

    A man who has hunted in the forest for game, for 14 years, with the same rifle, a man who had won marksmanship trophies for years - with the same rifle,
    a man who could place 16 aimed shots in a minute - with his bolt action rifle, on his home turf, facing ill trained invading troops.
    Some units were completely wiped out in large scale ambushes.
    What the Finns did to the Russians that winter was the work of experts against neophytes.

  • @Skogome
    @Skogome Před 3 lety +40

    I need a movie about this legend.

  • @hannesholmborg4769
    @hannesholmborg4769 Před 3 lety +80

    Check out Lauri törni he was spec ops for Finland, nazi germany, and a Green berret for america. He died in Vietnam and is one of The most decorated soliders. Watch "The solider of Three armies" by simple history

    • @outohiippari2688
      @outohiippari2688 Před 3 lety +1

      SS officer none the less, I think.

    • @hannesholmborg4769
      @hannesholmborg4769 Před 3 lety +3

      @@outohiippari2688 yes and he received special training from them too. The SS were pretty much spec ops. I am not saying spec forces but spec ops

    • @vicmac3513
      @vicmac3513 Před 2 lety +3

      ​@@outohiippari2688 Look at the communist watching Simo Häyhä videos!

  • @joshuaswanson5003
    @joshuaswanson5003 Před 3 lety +11

    The Swedish metal band wrote a song about Simo called White Death. The vast majority of their songs deal with historical battles and soldiers. Lauri Törni, Lawrence of Arabia, Audie Murphy, Witold Pilecki, Alvin York, the Charlie Brown/Franz Stigler incident, the all female Russian 588th night bomber regiment, the "Attack of the dead men" at Osowiec Fortress and on and on. They also have a second CZcams channel called Sabaton History where the discuss the history behind the song.
    Just thought you might be interested.😁

  • @Nyrufa
    @Nyrufa Před 2 lety +19

    That soldier probably had the greatest moment of exaltation in his life, when he realized he shot Simo in the face with an explosive round.
    And the worst moment of pants shitting terror, when he found out that not only did he survive, but he wanted to come back to the war!

    • @jaakkokurola6363
      @jaakkokurola6363 Před 2 lety

      Explosive rounds are banned against human targets, even back then. In this case, however, it saved Häyhäs life. FMJ would have gone through the head.
      After taking hit, they actually thought Häyhä was dead. Rumors of his death spread out. Häyhä had to sent a letter home from hospital: "stop the funeral, corpse is missing"

  • @kevx6094
    @kevx6094 Před 3 lety +100

    Meanwhile with the White feather pov: finally a worthy opponent, OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY

    • @ThePaperTowelBandit.
      @ThePaperTowelBandit. Před 2 lety +4

      Bruh it depends on the setting simo specifically fought in a snow environment and white feather fought in a jungle environment

    • @kevx6094
      @kevx6094 Před 2 lety

      @@ThePaperTowelBandit. yes but im more hinting to the they are 2 of the best sniper that have record

    • @ThePaperTowelBandit.
      @ThePaperTowelBandit. Před 2 lety

      @@kevx6094 ik but I’m just adding to thst

    • @argyrendehringterimksaccu174
      @argyrendehringterimksaccu174 Před 2 lety

      @@ThePaperTowelBandit. addenda;adden

    • @windtalker6519
      @windtalker6519 Před 2 lety +1

      Simo has more kills in less time. But Hathcock (the white feather) has one of if not the best kill every recorded. Shooting directly through the scope of an enemy sniper. In terms of who is the best? Only way to know would have been to have them face each other in an area that gives neither one a distinct advantage. But the world would be doomed if the two teamed up and fought together.

  • @peo4989
    @peo4989 Před 2 lety +22

    Cheers from Sweden nice to see an soldier react to this :). I live in a industrial city and we have lots of finnish people living here. A coworker of mine told me 5 years ago about his father that was a finnish jägerinfanterist during ww2 which meant he used bicycles and/or skis to move around. During an engagement on the Karelen isthmus(border region to Russia) his father was ordered along with his batallion to spearhead through a artillery post with bunker fortification connected. They had 5 snipers paving the way for them. I dont know if it was Simo Häyhä but they apparently was good. They used friendly artillery masking their movement and snipers shot look outs. Safe to say the finns were experts in asymmetric warfare at that time. :)

  • @aaronkinnunen8037
    @aaronkinnunen8037 Před 3 lety +65

    Cheers, thanks for reacting to Simo Häyhä. I recommended this to you during a stream. Btw you should also react to the Winter and Continuation wars. There is a great movie called Tuntematon sotilas or The Unknown Soldier, that tells a story from the Continuation war.

  • @lordgenerias
    @lordgenerias Před 2 lety +30

    I remember hearing once that the Russians tried to bombard him. Obviously they failed, but imagine being that scared of one man, that you call in an artillery strike because you heard he's somewhere in that general area. And later you find out he survived. He was the master of the no scope, and nothing the Russians did could stop him. The most they did was put him out of action for a little while. The Finnish John Wick, indeed.

  • @callapratt7927
    @callapratt7927 Před 3 lety +33

    Some of his techniques for hiding his presence in the snow are legit shinobi techniques

  • @ristusnotta1653
    @ristusnotta1653 Před 3 lety +44

    thank god you reacted to this instead of the ones from channel "I am" or "Infographics show" :D this is one of the best ones made about him

  • @Red-Brick-Dream
    @Red-Brick-Dream Před 2 lety +36

    "Finnish him!"
    "Fatality!"

  • @jamesfranken8676
    @jamesfranken8676 Před 3 lety +46

    Skål. Dude you should dive deeper into this war. The Finnish tactics and movement are unreal. They basically beat the brakes off of a much larger and better equipped military. The casualties are wild.

  • @JayTeeAyy
    @JayTeeAyy Před 3 lety +32

    He was born at the peak of silent movies and died during the days of semi-modern pop music, let alone surviving for that long being in a war, eating whatever you’re given, trying to survive pretty much tundra weather, that’s absolutely insane

    • @sadul
      @sadul Před 2 lety

      Semi-modern pop music happened in the 1950´s.

  • @SnibediSnabs
    @SnibediSnabs Před 2 lety +24

    6:30 one thing that's not mentioned here is that the terrain of the battlefield at Kollaa was extremely advantageous to the Finnish side. The soviets were having to charge up a rocky hill with natural obstacles and minefields funneling them directly to the business end of Finnish machine guns. Our effective and precise use of mortar and artillery strikes also helped level the playing field.

  • @TKDRIFTER421
    @TKDRIFTER421 Před 3 lety +13

    Thank you, youngster, for your service. Doesn't matter, US military or Royal Marines, you offered your life in defense of others. That makes you a badass in these old eyes. Your willingness to share your struggles with mental health issues and bullying...well if you don't mind me saying, that vulnerability makes you even more of a badass. Keep up the great videos. Looking forward to seeing what you accomplish in the future. I have a feeling you will do great at whatever you put your mind and passion to. Cheers from one old Colorado mountain boy.

  • @venator4838
    @venator4838 Před 3 lety +32

    This shows incredible skills not only with the weapon but also in dealing with the environment.

  • @HvyMetal4Ever
    @HvyMetal4Ever Před 3 lety +15

    "Beware the man who only has one gun. He probably knows how to use it!"

  • @Venas254
    @Venas254 Před 3 lety +25

    Just love the fact that they were so scared of him they tried to kill him with artillery.

    • @rdmrdm2659
      @rdmrdm2659 Před 2 lety +4

      “Nuke the site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.”

    • @gamechanger8908
      @gamechanger8908 Před rokem +1

      It's like that scene with Ben Solo saying "I want everybody to fire on that man"

  • @tiggalong227
    @tiggalong227 Před 3 lety +32

    So an officer walks into the barracks asks for volunteers for a special mission everyone gets excited he mentions Simo Hayha is around then wonders where everyone went

  • @CommanderTavos99
    @CommanderTavos99 Před 3 lety +21

    He lived until 2002?! I was born 1999 how amazing is that that he and I existed in the same time, where there are literal worlds between us o.o

  • @kinosaga21
    @kinosaga21 Před 3 lety +20

    When a peacefully man goes to war, armies stand still.

  • @JoeBLOWFHB
    @JoeBLOWFHB Před 2 lety +19

    The other thing to keep in mind was this happened above the Arctic circle in the winter .....he only had about 5 hours of good light to work with.

    • @staropramen478
      @staropramen478 Před 2 lety +6

      This is much further south in Finland. In Lapland, where the Arctic circle is, there is almost no sunlight at all during winter.

    • @mrbonanza3107
      @mrbonanza3107 Před 2 lety +1

      @@staropramen478 Well yes and even in southern most part of finland there isent much of sunlight in winter time

  • @Saappari
    @Saappari Před 2 lety +47

    There's couple mistakes in video. I think I've read that Häyhä was shot in retreat, not by Russian sniper and secondly, he wanted to take apart to Continuation War but army refused to take him, because of injury. Finnish government DIDN't give him a "ready" farm, but only some patch of land to build a house on himself and he actually built a small house to himself.

    • @jussitaipale3671
      @jussitaipale3671 Před 2 lety +10

      That's same I heard. When he was hurt, he had submachine gun, not in his sniping mission. If he was sniping, how likely it is to spot a guy like him...

  • @JG-PyroTX
    @JG-PyroTX Před 3 lety +72

    Anyone else triggered by the fact when they talked about his rifle they showed a Mauser ? He used a Finnish M28/30 Mosin Nagant they were Russian rifles that were improved. They added higher quality barrels, significantly better triggers, improved stocks. better sights, and free floated the barrel. I have one of the next generation of Finnish Mosins the M39 which is immensely better than the standard M91/30 which I also have a few of.

    • @Validboy
      @Validboy Před 2 lety +2

      Dude you need a gun intervention, before you go all Alec Baldwin..

    • @JG-PyroTX
      @JG-PyroTX Před 2 lety +5

      @@Validboy I don't even know what you mean by that. Just pointed out historical inaccuracy.

    • @Validboy
      @Validboy Před 2 lety

      @@JG-PyroTX You mentioned you have 2 finnish guns, so i'll bet you have more guns than some women have shoes, am i wrong?.. And Alec Baldwin recently shot someone on set by accident.. That part was a joke..

    • @JG-PyroTX
      @JG-PyroTX Před 2 lety +5

      @@Validboy It really depends on the woman, I've seen women with more shoes. I don't see it any different than collecting anything else.

    • @Validboy
      @Validboy Před 2 lety

      @@JG-PyroTX You dont think its different to collect fashion and weapons? Well one is harmeless for children around the house to play with and one is not.. One is illegal all over the world, the other is necessary for walking outside.. What are more different than shoes and guns? Water and fire? Dude you sound like a total gunnut and thats fine.. But im European and to me you sound bat shit crazy, so i made a joke on your part.. own it or dont, i dont care.. but dont tell im its the same to collect shoes and guns, thats freaking stupid..

  • @TheTerminatorCarrot
    @TheTerminatorCarrot Před 3 lety +10

    The White Sniper by Tapio Saarelainen is a great read, the guy got to interview Häyhä directly in his last years. Häyhä was such a humble dude, despite his insane achievements.

  • @loofy530
    @loofy530 Před 3 lety +20

    I lived near where he did for the last of his years and from what I heard of him he never was somebody to brag or glorify what he had done. Seemed a very serious man and only ever commented on his achievements that he did what had to be done as well as he could.

  • @mistressabysstress
    @mistressabysstress Před 3 lety +11

    I learned about this sniper from playing borderlands. There is a unique sniper rifle in game called “White Death”. I looked it up after.

  • @swwwsss7870
    @swwwsss7870 Před 3 lety +157

    Day 16 of “REACT TO THE ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN!”

  • @otto354
    @otto354 Před 2 lety +5

    They didn't mention that Simo even asked to go to the continuation war even thouhg he had allready lost half of his face. What a legend.

  • @principal4854
    @principal4854 Před 3 lety +5

    We have been waiting for this one 🇫🇮

  • @ampuite
    @ampuite Před 2 lety +4

    You should also notice, that he did all this in less than a 100 days.. since the winter war lasted only 105 days and they did not allow him back in service later in the continuation war (1941-) because of his injury. He was a very humble man, who just did his job.

  • @thenarrator1921
    @thenarrator1921 Před 2 lety +3

    I think this was a very summarized video of Simo. There are a lot of ommitted details here, few of my 'favorite' ones is
    1.) He had a lot of positions prepared, and everyday he would check for any footmarks or human tracks to make sure his positions are still safe
    2.) When he got blasted in his face, his mates couldn't recover him due to heavy battles occuring on the day. Presumably dead, they recovered his body and piled it among others, only to find that he was alive after a twitch. Managed a whole day with his face off
    3.) After a week of his alleged death, he finally woke up from his coma and read his own obituary on a Finnish newspaper and immediately wrote a letter to clarify

  • @oscarn-
    @oscarn- Před 2 lety +2

    Simo Häyhä is the embodiment of the proverb "better to be a soldier in the garden than a gardener in war".

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Před 2 lety

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

  • @rastarn
    @rastarn Před 3 lety +10

    I highly recommend you read Tapio Saarelainen's 2016 biography of Simo, "The White Sniper". An enthralling read that both tells the story of Simo, and insightfully explains the tactics that allowed the tiny Finnish force to hold back the Soviet onslaught.

  • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
    @xGoodOldSmurfehx Před 2 lety +12

    Simo sniped soviets and when they didnt come, he grabbed a pair of ski and some guys and went on infiltration missions behind soviet lines, doing recon but also sabotage and ambush against soviet convoys
    this is why his body count is unofficially as high as 800+ total kills with at least 500 of them being sniper kills

  • @jordenavfc
    @jordenavfc Před 3 lety

    Love the videos bro. Keep them coming

  • @tuijak4251
    @tuijak4251 Před 2 lety +3

    Simo Häyhä is so well known, that Japanese have made a Manga inspired by his story. It is called "Valkoinen Noita" (the white witch) and it's entertaining. Of course, one must keep in mind, that this Manga version is very different than the reality. For example, Simo is portrayed as a young woman and she also joined the Continuation War, which the real Simo never did (due to his injuries. Althought, he did volunteer, but was refused).
    But, anyway, Simo Häyhä really was brave and talented and should allways be remembered.

  • @braduh2730
    @braduh2730 Před 3 lety +10

    i’m new to the channel but you’ve gotta be one of the best reaction channels here you don’t pause to much and when you do it’s for a good reason

    • @internaut4257
      @internaut4257 Před 3 lety +1

      i dont like how he cuts longer videos in parts and then doesnt always finish them tho, but i understand why

  • @henrynewgate1775
    @henrynewgate1775 Před 2 lety +8

    I can't wait to see Simo in Shuumatsu no valkyrie
    His most likely opponent is Apollo

  • @mikapeltokorpi7671
    @mikapeltokorpi7671 Před 3 lety +3

    My grandfather was Finnish Nagant iron sights sniper in WWII, too. But he never revealed what happened back then, maybe there's stats somewhere in the archives. He was one of the kindest man (demanding, but kind), I have seen. But naturally had his bad days.

  • @GrayDino20
    @GrayDino20 Před 3 lety

    Yes I was waiting for you to react to this one

  • @Epsilvonic
    @Epsilvonic Před 3 lety +12

    If you want an equally insane story from the Winter War but for the exact opposite reasons, look up the story of Aimo Koivunen and find out what happens when you mix an engagement gone wrong with your platoon’s entire ration of military grade meth.

    • @Epsilvonic
      @Epsilvonic Před 3 lety

      Qxir’s video on Aimo is pretty solid

    • @seneca983
      @seneca983 Před 2 lety

      @@Epsilvonic That's from the Continuation War, not Winter War.

    • @SubcribeMinecraftNOW
      @SubcribeMinecraftNOW Před rokem

      now military grade meth is a combination of words I'll likely never hear again

  • @miguelpangindian1408
    @miguelpangindian1408 Před 3 lety +10

    I can’t even get 100 kills in a year... man, chess tournaments are hard

  • @saskian100
    @saskian100 Před 2 lety +1

    My fellow-countryman!
    Glad to know the guys from outside are so interesting in my country’s military history!
    Thank You 🙏 for your reaction!
    And Thank You 🙏 for the video!!!

    • @waltuh11121
      @waltuh11121 Před 2 lety

      Finnish military history may be short, but you guys are amazing

  • @lennartoberg292
    @lennartoberg292 Před rokem +1

    I really like your reaction !! Greetings from Sweden. Great fan of tough Finnish fighters, who took no s... from anyone !

  • @Go_Canuck_Yourself
    @Go_Canuck_Yourself Před 3 lety +7

    I read an article about this that ended with a comment of “the winter war ended because the Russians heard he woke up”

  • @RedBread1944
    @RedBread1944 Před 3 lety +15

    Simo: hey Josph do you want to hear a joke
    Joshep stalin: ok sur
    Simo: 505
    Joseph stalin: I don't get it
    Simo: and you never will
    Joseph stalin: cyka blyat go to gulag

  • @TheMmm79
    @TheMmm79 Před 2 lety +1

    Rautjärvi, where Simo Häyhä was born, is actually really near where I live (greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮).
    He truly is a legend and not only in his home region ❤️

  • @anti_-furry4101
    @anti_-furry4101 Před 3 lety

    Got the best content lad keep it up

  • @A_Condre7734
    @A_Condre7734 Před 3 lety +22

    You know he's good when the Russians were confirming his kills

    • @FuckGoogle2
      @FuckGoogle2 Před 2 lety

      They had to acknowledge they were up against a competent foe or else their heads would roll at the hands of Stalin.

  • @DinsRune
    @DinsRune Před 2 lety +3

    Simo: - sees the modernized Soviet rifles, with scopes for easier targeting from a longer distance -
    Simo: "Fucking _posers._ "

  • @TheLocoLoser
    @TheLocoLoser Před 2 lety

    Exactly. Greetins from Finland.

  • @jinx991
    @jinx991 Před rokem

    Thank you for your service and he was a legend

  • @Aaaaaaeer
    @Aaaaaaeer Před 2 lety +3

    I was at the Simo Häyhä museum last year!the place was awesome,I got to hold an Russian lmg.also I payed my respects at the stone statue (every visitor places a rock at the site).

  • @moldveien1515
    @moldveien1515 Před 2 lety +3

    I find it sad they didn't mention this but when Simo was asked how he became such a good marksman he was quoted with the answer "practice.", humble man. Also funny that a war hero agianst the soviet union lived long enough to see the soviet union collapse, though his home town is still in russia.

  • @BoostedSpeedDemon
    @BoostedSpeedDemon Před 2 lety

    Dude that's so cool, I've watched so many of your videos and I didn't know you were also a skoolie. I'm also converting a shuttle bus to live in and travel the country with my son, teaching a mobile welding school.

  • @user-dt9qc5uv2m
    @user-dt9qc5uv2m Před měsícem

    I've been a military historian for over 50 years and I've noticed that some of the best shooters, Simo Häyhä, Sargent York, Audie Murphy, etc. were farmers or hunters, poor men who had to kill to feed their families before the war.
    Bullets were expensive, you had to make your shot count. Audie Murphy grew up not far from my Grandpa's farm in Texas. Hunt County, Texas, and were sharecroppers too. My family was a lot like his. Though his father had left the family.
    I had eight uncles, all Texas farmers in WWII and served all over the world. Uncles Joe, William, Sammy, Kenneth, Bobby, Herman, Elmer, and LC. Four from mom's side, four from Dad's side.
    Later, Dad was in Korea, I was in Vietnam. (the only female in avionics in my squadron for the entire 4 years, wasn't easy!) But I used that military benefit to be the first on either side of family to get a college degree and of course, in Military History.

  • @shikikankillzone4239
    @shikikankillzone4239 Před 3 lety +8

    _The virgin Magic Shooter_
    Vs.
    *The Chad White Death*

  • @Randomexe-zc5pu
    @Randomexe-zc5pu Před 3 lety +4

    I saw the original video and i was mind baffled by this man

  • @filippauljohnson6924
    @filippauljohnson6924 Před 2 lety +1

    This man was basically every Shooter Protagonist

  • @Apollyon.King.of.the.Locusts

    I just had to react to the pronunciation of "Häyhä". The "a with an umlaut" is always the same wovel as in "cat", no parasite wovels. The "y" is the same wovel as in a very aggressive "you". So from this information, you can probably deduce that the combination "äy" is pretty much the sound that you would make when an alien parasite burst out from your chest cavity.

  • @jamesaitchison9478
    @jamesaitchison9478 Před 2 lety +3

    Jeezo, this fella was incredible, 500+ confirmed kills with an old rifle without a sight is crazy, and to have the Russian Army sent directly after him due to his exploits is the stuff of legend.
    Fantastic video, entertaining and informative 👍

    • @henriikkak2091
      @henriikkak2091 Před 2 lety

      The Soviet army

    • @johanf9279
      @johanf9279 Před 5 měsíci

      200+ with rifle. 300+ with machine gun in regular battles.

  • @MilenaAnnina
    @MilenaAnnina Před 2 lety +5

    You vocalized his name like "Äijä" which means DDDude with BIG D, or very masculine man XD I loved that!
    He actually was very nice, always smiled and was only little pass 5". Against all odds he lived to 96 y/o!

  • @teamrockets4544
    @teamrockets4544 Před 3 lety +1

    The original no scope legend

  • @shinygemsbro4896
    @shinygemsbro4896 Před 3 lety

    Love the intro
    *WAHZUPEVEREEBODEE* 😂❤

  • @pokeczarelf
    @pokeczarelf Před 3 lety +10

    React to Weird History's "Wojtek the Bear"

  • @Adonis8369
    @Adonis8369 Před 3 lety +3

    My guy woke up, got shot and decided to not die

  • @JackHarlowComboMeal
    @JackHarlowComboMeal Před 3 lety +1

    Always loved this story! I was fascinated with sniping way way back, and heard about it while researching. What an absolute legend - Simple man, mastered his craft, did his job frighteningly well, , and went back to simple living after the war.
    It was fun hearing the story again with you! Hope Simon's last few decades were kind to him.

  • @georgejoseph4164
    @georgejoseph4164 Před 2 lety +1

    Having spent 11 months in Finland, damn what a machine... those winters are brutal... the people, lovely..

  • @Johnny2face
    @Johnny2face Před 3 lety +4

    please react to mad Jack Churchill by simple history. An absolute legend in British military history

  • @keylime1237
    @keylime1237 Před 3 lety +11

    There is another finnish man who fight in three army, finnish, german, and american.

    • @Jampp1
      @Jampp1 Před 3 lety +1

      Lauri Törni aka Larry Thorne. There is many similiar documents from him.

    • @starkiller140
      @starkiller140 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Jampp1 wasn't he a founder member of one of the special forces team from the U.S. or am I wrong?

    • @Jampp1
      @Jampp1 Před 3 lety +2

      I don't think that he was founder member. But there is some SF competition trophy that is named for him and also some building in their base. (Didn't Google that so if i remembered wrong, sorry 😁)

    • @Jampp1
      @Jampp1 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/4geJx_AMrDg/video.html This is a good document for him. It's old and it's mostly at Finnish language but there is English subtitles. Most of The CZcams's documents of him are full of BS

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela Před 2 lety +1

      @@starkiller140 Green Berets. A Hollywood movie starring John Wayne was made loosely based on Törni.

  • @samppawest
    @samppawest Před rokem

    Your face is priceless when hearing these facts that made Häyhä the shinigami he was.

  • @zenexhd5855
    @zenexhd5855 Před 2 lety +2

    When you ask Simo Hayha how many enemies he has killed:
    Simo Hayha: Yes

  • @AnikaJarlsdottr
    @AnikaJarlsdottr Před 3 lety +3

    Simo didnt use a scope because he didnt like the way the nitrogen purge in it fogged up at -40 degrees. that and with a scope, your head has to be up higher to see through the lenses and that could give away your position

  • @sixtuspettersson6059
    @sixtuspettersson6059 Před 3 lety +6

    Simos "War buddy "Same army same war . Lauri Törni/Larry Thorn. A Hero Soldier of 3 Armys.. Finish/German/US armys.. They say that John Wayne playd Larry in Movie Green Berrets !! Stay safe.

    • @blazymemes354
      @blazymemes354 Před 3 lety

      Not really. Laurie törni served for Finland during ww1, Germany during ww2, USA during Vietnam, where he died.
      Simo Höihä served during ww2.

    • @sixtuspettersson6059
      @sixtuspettersson6059 Před 3 lety +1

      @@blazymemes354 Lauri serve 1939-1944 in Finish army !! First Winter War 39-40 105 days and war 40-44.. NOT ww1 !!

    • @juliushakala5148
      @juliushakala5148 Před 2 lety

      Does being in the same war make you a "war buddy"? xd

  • @highkingthorgrimgrudgebear7468

    Could we ever hope to expect a tea review out of you? Idk I feel like that would be really relaxing to watch with your voice. I'd send you some Harney & Sons if you want.

  • @bajes328
    @bajes328 Před rokem +1

    He didn't enjoy killing. He knew he had to protect the people he loved, because no-one else would.