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  • From farm boy to Finnish sniping legend, this is the story of Simo Häyhä: the greatest sniper to ever live...
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  • @youtuberculosis4012
    @youtuberculosis4012 9 месяцев назад +312

    Yet another reason why I'm proud to be Finnish. Greetings from Finland.

    • @CallMeQueenElizabeth
      @CallMeQueenElizabeth 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@harrycline985 Stop. That aint right.

    • @datsawesome3241
      @datsawesome3241 9 месяцев назад +8

      Grettings from Norway Neighbour:D

    • @davide2711
      @davide2711 9 месяцев назад +6

      The achievements of one individual is not the achievements of a entire collective

    • @include-bit
      @include-bit 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@harrycline985why

    • @FirenzeTheFireraptor
      @FirenzeTheFireraptor 8 месяцев назад +6

      Greeting back from the same country IM Finnish too very proud of Finlands sniper

  • @THEDON3400
    @THEDON3400 9 месяцев назад +108

    you know you're a true warrior when people are still talking about your accolades in the battlefield 70 years later

    • @rami1406
      @rami1406 3 месяца назад +2

      Yeah but it's because Talvisota, Simo Häyhä and this day situation with border with russia and Ukrain war. We finns don't talk about it much. But we are f*ing proud what our grandparets did🙂
      Thanks for support and if ever you need to be safe, wellcome to finland!

  • @Xbash2010
    @Xbash2010 9 месяцев назад +364

    Simo the one person they had to call a artillery strike to kill him and it didn’t even work what a legend

    • @harrycline985
      @harrycline985 9 месяцев назад +16

      The goat 🐐🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

    • @Cabybara10
      @Cabybara10 9 месяцев назад +9

      Not an air strike it’s artillery not a airstrike

    • @IssacDeesnuts-nl3pt
      @IssacDeesnuts-nl3pt 9 месяцев назад +6

      I mean surviving a air strike is a whole other level

    • @dragonfan2815
      @dragonfan2815 9 месяцев назад +4

      Currently reading his book.

    • @WorstPersonEver...
      @WorstPersonEver... 8 месяцев назад +3

      Artillery not air strike

  • @ThatGuyCronix123
    @ThatGuyCronix123 9 месяцев назад +192

    Its crazy how much he did, what he went through and never died. From eating just bread and sugar, eating snow. Burying himself in snow. Not using a scope. Getting shot in the face, And still after that, got death threats from the people he saved. True warrior, and hero. RIP, Simo, rest in peace, and history.

    • @mikefoehr235
      @mikefoehr235 9 месяцев назад +12

      Commy pigs threatened him

    • @ingridakerblom7577
      @ingridakerblom7577 9 месяцев назад +9

      To be fear.. snow is isolating. So he would have been more cold if he didn't Bury himself in snow..
      But the eating snow. I can't get how he didn't freeze to death..
      I can barely eat ice cream without being cold to the point I shiver 😂

    • @xenoemblem7
      @xenoemblem7 9 месяцев назад

      @@mikefoehr235To think Twitter users exist back then...

    • @MileyIsBored
      @MileyIsBored 9 месяцев назад +2

      I agree, but that was the biggest spoiler in my life, like why do you have to do me like that man?😒

    • @ThatGuyCronix123
      @ThatGuyCronix123 9 месяцев назад

      my fault D;
      @@MileyIsBored

  • @MisterBlaargh
    @MisterBlaargh 9 месяцев назад +125

    500+ confirmed sniper kills, unknown amount of smg kills(estimated 200+). Dude wasn't messing around.

    • @mikeybrazy115
      @mikeybrazy115 9 месяцев назад +1

      And they didn't have scopes back then I don't think pure skill

    • @MisterBlaargh
      @MisterBlaargh 8 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@mikeybrazy115 They did, he didnt use them because you gotta lift your head up a bit more to use a scope and the scope could've reflected light.

    • @elitehacker1416
      @elitehacker1416 8 месяцев назад +3

      ​​@@MisterBlaargh Thank you I was going to say the same thing. Scopes back then weren't that powerful but did work very good and did help a skilled sniper shoot farther. The average scope back then only has 2x magnification and a bolt action rifle. Regardless tho whether he used a scope or not the amount of kills he got will probably never be broken ever again. In total ppl estimated between all the guns he used he had around 800 to 1000 kills.

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@MisterBlaargh He did not use a score because he was using his own personal hunting rifle and there just was no need to a scope. He mastered his own rifle so well, knew the distances accurately and was able to aim correctly.
      Also, when using a scope you lose most action outside the scope, but with iron sights you still have a great 180 degree vision and you don't lose focus and don't have to move to scout the battlefield in front of you.

    • @Make573
      @Make573 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@mikeybrazy115 Incorrect. They did have sopes even back then, but Simo never used one.
      A) It got foggy. B) It clinted on direct sunlight. And C) It would have made the target [himself] slightly bigger, allowing to be spotted too easily by the enemy.

  • @RoyGuerrero1904
    @RoyGuerrero1904 9 месяцев назад +58

    Love Finland from USA 🇺🇸❤️🇫🇮

  • @PumpkinEater9001
    @PumpkinEater9001 9 месяцев назад +111

    Thank you for going more in depth about The White Death. Seriously, this guy is a legend for SEVERAL reasons!

    • @livvylivinglifewithfidgets1612
      @livvylivinglifewithfidgets1612 9 месяцев назад +2

      FR He's a LegeND B̊Ro

    • @D00dl3bug75
      @D00dl3bug75 8 месяцев назад

      Absolutely carrying his army in a war? Check. Being absurdly cunning and accurate? Check. Avoiding all-out artillery specifically targeted to end him (and having the skill to deserve the attention)? Check. Cheating death after being shot in the face? Check! Even refusing to die until the Soviet Union collapsed? You'll never guess... check.

  • @chintanpatel1768
    @chintanpatel1768 9 месяцев назад +63

    I have heard about him and also read, this guy was insanely amazing

    • @Someone_spooky
      @Someone_spooky 9 месяцев назад +2

      I have too

    • @That_randomSwiftie
      @That_randomSwiftie 9 месяцев назад +4

      he definitely😊 was an impressive man, that’s certain.

    • @SirWalrus80
      @SirWalrus80 9 месяцев назад +5

      ”One of our many soldiers” as he would and did say. To me most unbeliviable thing was that he did this all with plain iron sight.

    • @godzillaphpubgm9562
      @godzillaphpubgm9562 9 месяцев назад +1

      ⁠​⁠@@SirWalrus80that’s what years of experience takes you in which no modern theory and study could takeover. I once went on to a shooting drill with M4’s, AK’s and Barrett M82. Old dude with M1 Garand walked in and made 3 practice shots with the Barrett before signing up in the competition. He said he needed that because it was his first time seeing that rifle and he hasn’t fired anything aside from his Garand since 1990. He stormed through the sniping competition with ease never missing the bullseye against modern men who use modern scopes and gears. Plain old farm clothes and leather gloves taking that gold medal and prize money then walked away.

  • @paullewis2873
    @paullewis2873 9 месяцев назад +82

    Can we please have a movie about this man's amazing life story. 🙏

    • @harrycline985
      @harrycline985 9 месяцев назад +11

      Let's make it, we will make billions, and I will use that money to bless people 🎉

    • @00SynchronFan00
      @00SynchronFan00 9 месяцев назад

      Not with the insane stuff what is going on in Hollywood at the moment. the story will be just twisted and turned to suit political correctness. Probably turning Simo into a black lesbian or so.

    • @DelphiBellatrixRiddle
      @DelphiBellatrixRiddle 8 месяцев назад +4

      There apparently is, called "The White Death"

    • @ReneDescartes-hf9wb
      @ReneDescartes-hf9wb 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@harrycline985😅 Funny to see your comment, because last couple months I have been try to think that what it would take, like I have think that what are the 'at least' needed things and stuff to be done and conduct, and with who etc to make a movie about Simo. Starting point is difficult because I am not anykind expert or professional, what it comes to movie production. Same time I also believe that this time in history, is maybe the best, or most likely to get like mediocore success with movie project like this. There are kickstarters and internet as an whole, to exploit for the movie's cause...I started to think it after I see finnish movie Sisu(2022). After I see sisu, and its relative success, I believe that so many things is possible nowadays, if u just are up on the task...

    • @ReneDescartes-hf9wb
      @ReneDescartes-hf9wb 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@harrycline985 So what we need, to be starter seed of the project. Well, its kinda clear that u have to hire director, cameramen and whole crew. That made me think a necessity of kickstarter kind of monetize system, but its not the one and only right way.
      Anyway, we need vision. We need a concept idea of what kind of movie it going to be. I mention Sisu-movie again because that shallow drama and characters persona etc, was genuinely skipped, and all glory and artistic visions was handed to that splatter/pulp violence, but they nail it. That style would been perfect match with white death movie. Actually director of Sisu named two main inspiration to his movie was Rambo first blood and story of Simo "white death" Häyhä...
      Hmm..interesting

  • @neotsi8185
    @neotsi8185 9 месяцев назад +27

    I live in Finland and it's cool that people talk about someone cool character from my country. Häyhä also never 100% surely confirmed his kill count but easily over 500 kills he got

    • @killeralvis
      @killeralvis 2 месяца назад +1

      simo häyhä didnt reelly care abt how much kills

  • @oldmanregret
    @oldmanregret 9 месяцев назад +408

    The trees speak Vietnamese
    The dead speak Russian
    The sand speaks Arabic
    The guns speak English
    The gas speak german
    And the snow speaks Finnish

  • @nateballou3321
    @nateballou3321 4 месяца назад +34

    This guy needs more recognition!!? There should be a movie made about this guy!!?? Dude sniped over 500 soldiers!!!?? No other sniper probably even cones close to his #!!?? How is it snipers like Carlos Hathcock, and chris kyle r well known but this guy isnt!!?? And this dude did it with an old mosin nagant M28/30 without a scope and could pop off 16 shots accurately in 1 min....at a target 500 feet away...while having to reload his gun 4 times in process!!?? And he still managed to be insanely accurate!!?? And with a nickname like "the white death" this dude should be more well known and there needs to be a movie made about his life!!?? His story is Crazy & he deserves to be more well known for what he did!!??

    • @asaiya705
      @asaiya705 2 месяца назад +1

      Americans make the movies about americans. Finnish film makers like the ones who did Sisu, should cover him.

    • @asaiya705
      @asaiya705 Месяц назад

      Right on

    • @hummerfan8889
      @hummerfan8889 15 дней назад

      Uhmmm he isnt American so Americans didnt make a movie about him. But instead made movie about Americans. You didnt know this? Does Finland make movies about American wars and warriors i do wonder?

    • @konstantinkelekhsaev302
      @konstantinkelekhsaev302 13 дней назад

      Maybe because its grossly exaggerated ?

  • @noelmalo4392
    @noelmalo4392 9 месяцев назад +35

    Truly a Legend.

  • @CuriositySp
    @CuriositySp 8 месяцев назад +6

    I'm so happy to be Finnish! Sending greetings from Finland!

  • @ProAviation1000
    @ProAviation1000 9 месяцев назад +16

    "Our foe so vast, Our land so small, where will we find room to bury them all"

  • @misstammy4816
    @misstammy4816 9 месяцев назад +13

    wow man i d'ont think there will be a sniper like this anymore

  • @error_sans1192
    @error_sans1192 9 месяцев назад +50

    Wow he really was finnishing people

  • @jenniheinanen8434
    @jenniheinanen8434 9 месяцев назад +12

    A legend who returned to peaceful, quiet life after the war: Like a true finn he didn't brag about his achievements but did his job the best he could. Counter snpers, artillery trikes, nothing helped the enemy until a single lucky shot. And even that didn't stop him permanently.

  • @Ladynaye
    @Ladynaye 9 месяцев назад +22

    In Gundam 0079, Amuro Ray's RX-78-2 Gundam was nicknamed "The White Devil" by Zeon forces. After seeing that anime many years ago, I researched the name and eventually learned about the GOAT sniper himself.

  • @thesnipersmith3436
    @thesnipersmith3436 9 месяцев назад +20

    After watching this, i no longer hate my small height (173cm or 5 '8), greetings from finland and honor to our legend "the white death"

    • @davidarundel6187
      @davidarundel6187 9 месяцев назад +5

      5' 8" , isn't small , I'm not much taller , yet some family , could pass under my outstretched arm , when I was 10 & the relative , in shoes , me - flip-flops . Now that relative was short , at about 5' 0" , & if that's still not enough , i've a 4' 8" neighbour , who's quite young , and a 104 year young one , who is about 5'6" , which for her age is pretty good .

    • @thesnipersmith3436
      @thesnipersmith3436 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@davidarundel6187 well here in finland it is small these days, those who are like age 13-16 are often head size more bigger than me

    • @vincentivarsson1818
      @vincentivarsson1818 8 месяцев назад +1

      Small? Try 5´1 (1.56m) instead like me. Let's just say you have the height i always wished i had.

    • @Just_aJhia
      @Just_aJhia 7 месяцев назад

      I’m 1.60m ☠️

    • @vincentivarsson1818
      @vincentivarsson1818 7 месяцев назад

      @@Just_aJhia Still taller then i am xD I really hate being so damn short...

  • @patrickbuechel2599
    @patrickbuechel2599 9 месяцев назад +17

    I can fire, reload fire every 3 - 4 seconds keeping a 2 in group at 200 yards with a Remington 1903A3 , a comparable rifle. Something to add, Simo rapidly acquired individual multiple target without detection, although his scars show he was tagged at least once. My hat off to Simo,,,Semper Fi mac

    • @petriharha6583
      @petriharha6583 9 месяцев назад +1

      He was wounded during finns counterattack, afterall he wasnt "sniper" but riflerman.

  • @Seashoremeg
    @Seashoremeg 9 месяцев назад +12

    Wow what an amazing story of Simo’s life! The first I’ve heard of him and you told his story brilliantly! To use so little and help his country 👏. Ofc it’s horrific that he had to live his later years with death threats from the people he helped to continue their way of life is just disgusting

  • @Vanni-ii3cb
    @Vanni-ii3cb 9 месяцев назад +13

    It's always interesting to learn about history. And it't great that this channel has really versatile content. Good work

  • @QuesoGecko69
    @QuesoGecko69 9 месяцев назад +8

    Be Amazed should tell more stories, they're great to listen to after a long day of work and school

  • @TokyoCat1299
    @TokyoCat1299 9 месяцев назад +13

    I can't believe he still got death threats. RIP Simo.😔

  • @EiraAimo
    @EiraAimo 4 месяца назад +6

    Finally! First video to talk about the amount of daylight or lack of it. That makes Simo so unbelievable.

  • @Jakob_Herzog
    @Jakob_Herzog 9 месяцев назад +23

    Almost night, a crimson horizon painting thousand lakes red
    As your army approach from the east, a hunter is switching his prey
    All alone, a man with his gun wanders into the wild
    Tracks you down, you cannot hide once he is on to your trail
    Enter the night, a flash in the darkness, White Death is heading your way
    The fear of his foes, a hero at home, hundreds will fall by his gun
    You’re in the sniper’s sight, the first kill tonight, time to die
    You’re in the bullet’s way, the White Death’s prey, say goodbye
    After the dawn when morning has broken, snow once white turned to red
    Blood red snow tells what happened last night, a tale of a sniper is born
    Snow in mouth hiding his breath, he is steady at hand
    Eye to eye, target in sight, the moment to fire has come
    Hundreds of kills. a man and his rifle embody the sisu of Finns
    Stay out of sight and cover your head, when he pulls the trigger you’re dead
    You’re in the sniper’s sight
    SNIPER’S SIGHT!
    You’re his first kill tonight
    FIRST KILL TONIGHT!
    Say goodbye, say goodbye
    SAY GOODBYE!
    Hundreds will fall by his gun
    You’re in the sniper’s sight
    SNIPER’S SIGHT!
    You’re his first kill tonight
    FIRST KILL TONIGHT!
    Say goodbye, say goodbye
    SAY GOODBYE!
    White death is coming for you

  • @Maximumax977
    @Maximumax977 9 месяцев назад +7

    Dang, I gotta ask this dude to play splatoon with me, he’d be cracked at the H-3 Splatterscope

  • @tmas47
    @tmas47 7 месяцев назад +9

    19:55 It wasn't Finnish newspaper that gave him the nickname "White Death". It was russians calling him "Belaya Smert" AKA you know...

  • @danmeek928
    @danmeek928 Месяц назад +2

    This guy was one tough MF. Something else, truly on a mission.

  • @user-sk9oc3kr2q
    @user-sk9oc3kr2q 9 месяцев назад +23

    Big respect to the sisters and brothers from Finland. You were able to defend independence in a difficult war with Russia
    🇺🇦🇫🇮

  • @YinYang740
    @YinYang740 9 месяцев назад +5

    I remember the white death he was in "The greatest warriors of all time" video I love that video

    • @dhruvrathi7116
      @dhruvrathi7116 9 месяцев назад +1

      That's my favorite one too. I prefer Chandragupta due to national bias though.

    • @Eryn-bf6qb
      @Eryn-bf6qb 4 месяца назад

      Yea, I loved that video too! I’ve watched it at least 8 times!

  • @outsider7658
    @outsider7658 9 месяцев назад +10

    Thank`s again, for a good video.
    Some things to get "right" though:
    The map of Finland lacks, Karelian isthmus, parts of northeastern Karelia and the "right arm of the Finnish Maiden"= up towards Murmansk/Petsamo.
    And, not to forget, Simo Häyhä, used his "Brush", a.k.a:Suomi machine pistol, for "cleaning up" in russian trenches. These numbers are not included in those 500+, confirmed kills.
    And, finally, he was shot with a exploding ammunition, forbidden in Geneva Convention, which russians didn`t care much about, as always. Take a closer look at Ukraine today.
    from a Finn in Diaspora (My grandparents, lost family farm back then.)

    • @killeralvis
      @killeralvis 2 месяца назад

      my moms dads dad fought in the war and my granddad fled from finland to sweden in the war now i live in sweden but im finnish

  • @Jesse-zk9ge
    @Jesse-zk9ge 9 месяцев назад +4

    Well there is a surprising hero that somehow fell through the cracks of History. Another interesting character that surprisingly nobody made film about.🤔 Now that's a true Winter Soldier.👌

  • @raymundo5044
    @raymundo5044 День назад

    I can't help but not notice this man's humility. I think this is prerequisite to greatness. He is not the only one. Richard Bong America's greatest fighter pilot was the same in character humble...

  • @scariestfloodmomentsofalltime
    @scariestfloodmomentsofalltime 9 месяцев назад +4

    Your video editing skills are top-notch, it enhances your content greatly.

  • @VilokTV
    @VilokTV 9 месяцев назад +6

    From now on I am going to call him the sniper that went to God level

  • @jeremypope9534
    @jeremypope9534 9 месяцев назад +3

    In addition to his impressive sniping tally, I heard the WHITE DEATH racked up and extra 200 plus, submachine gun kills.

  • @poppiskone5645
    @poppiskone5645 9 месяцев назад +4

    Small correction to 10:40. Mostly only white covers were given to the soldiers. People generally had their own winter clothing with them and due lack of resources, they were even advised to take own clothing with them. After all, everyone naturally had sufficient clothing at home.

  • @JACKSONVILLE999
    @JACKSONVILLE999 7 месяцев назад +4

    This guy is the 100th RUclipsr I subbed to

  • @AbyzzRickPhanlyon
    @AbyzzRickPhanlyon 9 месяцев назад +3

    Well i’m 16 years old Finnish boy and i still can’t get over what kind of death Simo häyhä was back in the days even so much that when i’m gonna create my own game i will add him there some way just to Respect our cold ice patient war hero (and one of the few reasons why i like winter (another reason is i was born in 19 february) winter just is just something that some people just refuse to Respect but i’m not those few (and i’m only one in my family born in winter time) isn’t winter just amazing)

  • @benjaminward9324
    @benjaminward9324 5 месяцев назад +3

    This guy was so good, he got a full episode to himself.

    • @killeralvis
      @killeralvis 2 месяца назад

      not only alot of peple has done films abt him

  • @dop3ch3f
    @dop3ch3f 9 месяцев назад +3

    Your videos timing is always impeccable for a nice educative bed time story.

    • @AlisonGrover
      @AlisonGrover 9 месяцев назад

      That sorta true 😅😅😅

  • @BattleBunny-rf7zh
    @BattleBunny-rf7zh 9 месяцев назад +6

    How there is not a movie about him is frickin' blasphemy!

    • @GF-mf7ml
      @GF-mf7ml 9 месяцев назад +1

      The greatest sniper.

  • @MythicPalette
    @MythicPalette 9 месяцев назад +2

    I actually heard about this man from The Infographics Show and Thoughty2. As soon as I saw "Greatest Sniper to Ever Live" I was like, "Oh, this must be about Simo Hayha." xD

  • @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269
    @deathsnitemaresinfullust2269 9 месяцев назад +6

    As long as you have decent vision and are familiar with your gun you don't need a scope until you are trying to see something your eyes can't actually see, in this situation it was very smart for him to not use a scope.
    Granted his targets were basically feed to him like an expert carnival shooting gallery, what this guy was able to achieve for his country is very impressive indeed.
    😄👍

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela 8 месяцев назад +2

      Correct. He used his own rifle he had used for 20+ years. He was a master using it.

  • @cmw9876
    @cmw9876 2 дня назад

    I have always admired the fact that Simo used a rifle with just good iron sights. He did not bother using the telescopic sights popular with other sharpshooters. He kept his equipment simple and never had to concern himself with whether or not his telescopic sights were in alignment. Nor did light bounce off the front element of a telescopic sight revealing his position. It took saturation mortar bombing to finally stop him.

  • @johnthefactfddict3281
    @johnthefactfddict3281 9 месяцев назад +5

    holy shit, that is so insane
    one farmboy who was just such an expert marksman he single-handedly racked more than 500 kills in 3 months
    I doubt I could get even a fraction of that, even if I had years of training, though I would probably deal well with the cold and iron sights aiming better than most people

  • @litmus6323
    @litmus6323 Месяц назад

    Pure legend...Thanks for this video!

  • @VeetiUusimaa
    @VeetiUusimaa 3 месяца назад +1

    I’am so proud of my own country Finland. IM proud to be Finnish

  • @Dimithri967
    @Dimithri967 17 дней назад

    This made me tear up sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly I cried
    R.I.P SIMO HÄYHÄ

  • @godzillaphpubgm9562
    @godzillaphpubgm9562 9 месяцев назад +2

    I play 4 hours of PUBGM everyday and hasn’t even touched 300 mark since last December on sniper kills. This dude is a legend

  • @ImFromFinland787
    @ImFromFinland787 9 месяцев назад +2

    I never even imagined you would make this video!

  • @mrmouse5557
    @mrmouse5557 7 месяцев назад +1

    Respect for Simo Häyhä from protecting Finland so well. Cause I live in Finland. I find it really funny too how you say his name.

  • @jhnnyby85
    @jhnnyby85 9 месяцев назад +3

    That is amazing...i thought the russian sniper that is depicted in enemy at the gate was cool...this man has my respect and admiration!

  • @miyukisamui3408
    @miyukisamui3408 9 месяцев назад +4

    What a huge legacy just because he loves to do in his life.

  • @Danbo8787
    @Danbo8787 9 месяцев назад +2

    I enjoy all your uploads but this one was one of the best! It was so interesting! And woah what a guy😮 imagine him training 20 men to be at his level 😮

  • @Caius-12184
    @Caius-12184 16 дней назад

    Think about it, all legends are only respected and appreciated when lost.. But they make an everlasting mark to those who hear

  • @leandrobaluyotjr5181
    @leandrobaluyotjr5181 2 месяца назад

    Very impressive accomplishment by a humble Finn defending his country. Thank you & more success to your video channel.

  • @sugibudder
    @sugibudder 9 месяцев назад +4

    He forgot to mention that Nagant M/28-30 is also a bolt action rifle, the animation suggest Häyhä was using a semi automatic rifle, so this gives an innaccurate picture of his shooting abilities.
    A bolt action rifle requires you to basically reset aiming between EVERY shot.

    • @vitzveer
      @vitzveer 9 месяцев назад

      You still have to reset your aiming after every shot in an automatic rifle as well due to the recoil.

    • @sugibudder
      @sugibudder 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@vitzveer Lets not pretend that shooting fast with a semiautomatic and a bolt-action is the same thing.

    • @vitzveer
      @vitzveer 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@sugibudder yeah, it's not the same, but he didn't need to shoot fast. He needed accuracy and the bolt rifle is much more accurate than the automatic one.

    • @sugibudder
      @sugibudder 9 месяцев назад

      @@vitzveer To get 16 hits in a minute you do need to shoot fast, you dont meet many people today that can do the same with a bolt-action rifle, just search the internet for other people attempting it.
      Also he did need to shoot fast sometimes, after the first shit the enemies would quickly scatter or start to run away, meaning he had a limited time window to kill them or they would get an opporturnity to call for back up which might include artillery or armored vehicles which Simo was defensless against.

    • @vitzveer
      @vitzveer 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@sugibudder 16 hits in a minute can be done by the expert like him with a bolt rifle.
      Just to be clear, I agreed with what you said that they inaccurately made it look like he used a semi-automatic rifle,. I just pointed out that you would have to re aim the semi automatic rifle every time as well, that's all.

  • @groovyrotta
    @groovyrotta 9 месяцев назад +3

    It breaks my heart how everyone butchers his name😂but amazing video as always

  • @user-bk9zj4uk3m
    @user-bk9zj4uk3m 9 месяцев назад +2

    finally a video about Simo Häyhä! must be a great video!

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary 9 месяцев назад +2

    I guess I was pretty good when I was in boot camp. I was two points away from the lowest marksmanship medal and I had one more left when the whistle blew. For my first time, I'd say that's pretty good

  • @oesrule
    @oesrule 9 месяцев назад +1

    This is by far at 100% my favorite video! Probably I’m a little partial since I am Finnish, but this was an incredible episode!!!

  • @reneehomen2226
    @reneehomen2226 21 день назад

    Ive heard of this Finnish sniper. The best sniper ever. He seemed to have been a humble man doing his duty.

  • @daimonien
    @daimonien 9 месяцев назад +2

    Almost perfect timing as today is 🇫🇮 106th Indepence Day! Thank you

  • @k-marmuzik6709
    @k-marmuzik6709 9 месяцев назад +3

    The birth of the carrot theory. When it was actually night vision

  • @Thatsingingbassplayer
    @Thatsingingbassplayer 8 месяцев назад

    Born and raised in Finland myself. I actually remember reading about Simo in history class in high school. They should definitely make a movie about him!

  • @teemuttt285
    @teemuttt285 9 месяцев назад +1

    As a Finn I have to say that those winter temps were just crazy.

  • @JimSx3N
    @JimSx3N 9 месяцев назад +3

    It's like he's preparing himself just for that war for his entire life.

    • @AlisonGrover
      @AlisonGrover 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah yeah it's pretty cool😅🎉🎉

  • @bristolpka1143
    @bristolpka1143 9 дней назад

    I'm not Finnish, but if I were I would be proud of that man and thay war, dang what a cool story, and insane legacy of a guy from a farm!

  • @darrenjenkins3440
    @darrenjenkins3440 8 месяцев назад +1

    I ahve alot of respect for this man

  • @Vlagstaf
    @Vlagstaf 9 месяцев назад +1

    This guy has its accomplishment so well known that one of the character of Records of Ragnarok is him, titled « the best sharpshooter that ever lived »

  • @MidnightLost01
    @MidnightLost01 9 месяцев назад +1

    Pegahmagabow may not have Simo's impressive kill count, but the man was the original troll of the trenches during WWI.
    Sneaking into enemy trenches, stealing their medals, cutting pieces of their clothing while they slept, and according to some (though not confirmed to my knowledge), even standing behind sentries on watch.

  • @gybrhylelotayo31
    @gybrhylelotayo31 9 месяцев назад +2

    Yes! Another story, i hope you make more stories about WW2

  • @TravisSwan
    @TravisSwan 9 месяцев назад +3

    Can we have the White Feather from the Vietnam War featured in the next video? He is the first man who sniped a target from over a mile away.

  • @craigjackson1969
    @craigjackson1969 9 месяцев назад +3

    I'm shocked that you didn't make a pun about his name.
    He didn't need a scope, he could just Simo

  • @Faker-freddy
    @Faker-freddy 9 месяцев назад +1

    0:53 tf2 sniper: finally a worthy opponent, OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY

  • @Slayer_05
    @Slayer_05 9 месяцев назад +2

    I salute you sir

  • @Tusk2001
    @Tusk2001 3 месяца назад

    I love SIMO! An argument could be also made for others, such as Carlos Hathcock. I even named my SAKO Finnish Mosin Simo.

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars 8 месяцев назад

    Not a topic that would normally appeal to me but given this channels great skills, I thought I would give it a watch. Respectfully told and perfectly narrated. Excellent Be Amazed 😊

  • @darrenesturas1614
    @darrenesturas1614 9 месяцев назад +2

    Finally a video about the white death

  • @user-tt2sl1vy4d
    @user-tt2sl1vy4d 9 месяцев назад +1

    what a guy

  • @ssam1337
    @ssam1337 Месяц назад

    Just a simple tip for surviving winter conditions: Keep your feet warm. Might sound a silly thing but if you get your feet wet on icy conditions, you might have a one hoorah left or you just out effective force. I tought it was a joke when I was a kid but it aint.
    And if there some of those who can handle frozen terrain without shoes... well good for you but that route is not gonna be a general guideline how to handle those situations. Maybe if you manage to convince the possible enemy to do so, then thats ok I guess (would be one of the main casualty reasons in the battle if everyone tries it).

  • @killeralvis
    @killeralvis 2 месяца назад

    i am a very proud finnish guy altough i live in sweden cuz my grandparents were warchildren who fled from finland in the war

  • @zemocha1989
    @zemocha1989 9 месяцев назад +1

    I love the ring of his nickname..The White Death. Sounds awesome.

  • @CrazyCommotion
    @CrazyCommotion 9 месяцев назад +4

    Be Amazed informs everyone so much and they do it so well😊

  • @Brian1Graves
    @Brian1Graves 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing man.

  • @LezendBegha
    @LezendBegha 7 дней назад

    my man got the nickname: “The white death” Survived a motar strike, And has the aim of god, survived a bullet,And had no scope. What a legend

  • @DarialKuznetsova
    @DarialKuznetsova 9 месяцев назад +1

    Well, the pronunciation could have been better, but his last name is one of the harder for non-Finnish speakers. Well, Swedes, Norse, and Estonians should nail it as well. The sights of his rifle were called "bunny ears".

  • @MowiWowi
    @MowiWowi 8 месяцев назад +2

    RESPECT

  • @egolysergic8499
    @egolysergic8499 9 месяцев назад

    This was the best video I've seen you produce. Im from sweden, and i will most definitely go to the Museum of the Finish hero.

  • @skull2470
    @skull2470 9 месяцев назад +3

    Now this man will face off against a God in ragnarok.

  • @KrisshS
    @KrisshS 18 дней назад

    wow man, your content is amazing. How do you create such crazy videos.

  • @StevensonWachira
    @StevensonWachira 2 месяца назад

    You are a great narrator. You too could join the ranks of Simo at your trade 😂

  • @RichJulian-h8q
    @RichJulian-h8q Месяц назад

    Amazing story!

  • @Eddieavina123
    @Eddieavina123 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love your video Be Amazed and keep up the great work

  • @Chisszaru
    @Chisszaru 9 месяцев назад +4

    He sure was a good sniper. With 505 kills in total. The only thing Finland is good at, it seems like, aside from making good phones

    • @mikefoehr235
      @mikefoehr235 9 месяцев назад +6

      Never underestimate the sauna bath 🛁 and fish head soup.

    • @RoyalMela
      @RoyalMela 8 месяцев назад +1

      We make a lot of great things. We just don't brag about them.

  • @yereare9909
    @yereare9909 9 месяцев назад +2

    R.I.P.

  • @MusicAfterFallout
    @MusicAfterFallout 3 месяца назад +2

    Almost night, a crimson horizon
    Painting thousand lakes red
    As your army approach in the east
    A hunter is switching his prey
    All alone, a man with his gun
    Wanders into the wild
    Track you down, you can't hide
    Once he's on to your trail
    Into the night, a flash in the darkness
    White Death is heading your way
    The fear of his foes, a hero at home
    Hundreds will fall by his gun
    You're in the snipers sight
    the first kill tonight
    Time to die
    You're in the bullets way
    The White Death's prey
    Say goodbye!
    After the dawn, when morning is broken
    Snow once white turn to red
    Hundred soldiers, we have them on sight
    A tale of a sniper is born
    Snow in mouth, hiding his breath
    He is steady at hand
    Eye to eye, target in sight!
    The moment to fire has come
    Hundreds of kills, a man and his rifle
    Embodied the Sisu of Finn's
    Stay out of sight and cover your head
    When he pulls the trigger you're dead!
    You're in the snipers sight
    the first kill tonight
    Time to die
    You're in the bullets way
    The White Death's prey
    Say goodbye!
    [Solo]
    You're in the snipers sight
    the first kill tonight
    Time to die
    You're in the bullets way
    The White Death's prey
    Say goodbye!
    (You're in the snipers sight)
    SNIPERS SIGHT!
    (You're his first kill tonight)
    FIRST KILL TONIGHT!
    (Say goodbye, say goodbye)
    SAY GOODBYE!
    (You will fall by his gun)
    (You're in the snipers sight)
    SNIPERS SIGHT!
    (You're his first kill tonight)
    FIRST KILL TONIGHT!
    (Say goodbye, say goodbye)
    SAY GOODBYE!
    (White death is coming for you)
    -White Death, Sabaton