• PugJesus@piefed.socialMEnglish
    64·
    3 days ago

    Explanation:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä

    Simo Häyhä[a] (17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname The White Death,[b] was a Finnish military sniper during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union in World War II. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle (a variant of the Mosin–Nagant) and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun. Häyhä is believed to have killed more than 500 enemy soldiers during the conflict, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. Consequently, he is generally regarded as the deadliest sniper in history.[2][3][4][5][6]

  • IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.socialEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    There’s a Finnish joke from the Winter War:

    A large Soviet force is advancing. Suddenly, from over a hill, a voice shouts: “One Finnish soldier can kill 10 Soviet soldiers!”.

    The Soviet general gets angry and sends 10 men over the hill. There is a lot of shooting, then silence, then the voice again, calling: “One Finnish soldier can kill 100 Soviet soldiers!”.

    Enraged by this, the general sends 100 soldiers over the hill. Even more shooting, then silence. Then, the voice calls out again: “One Finnish soldier can kill 1000 Soviet soldiers!”.

    The general immediately sends 1000 soldiers over the hill. Lots and lots of shooting, then silence, and one mortally wounded soldier crawls back over the hill and crawls up to the general. With his last breath, he says: “Don’t send more men, it’s a trap. There’s two of them!”.

  • Cyrus Draegur@lemmy.zip
    13·
    3 days ago

    It sure is funny when countries who think they can easily punch down end up instead embarrassing themselves, falling flat on their asses, and pissing away hundreds if not thousands of their own people’s lives for absolutely no meaningful permanent gain…

    less funny that they keep trying -_-