Simo woke up only a day after the Winter War officially ended. Fins joked that Stalin was so scared of Simo that he made sure to end the war before he could wake up.
there is one longer, almost hour long documentary video about winter war which is really amazing and also touching, it is called Fire and ice: winter war, i think. you could do it in 2 or 3 parts if its too long but i really suggest you to do that, not many people reacted on it yet.
It's crazy to think Simo died in the city of hamina in 2002, i live here and i was 5 years old when he passed. There i was living so close to a living legend, only now when im older can i truly understand that the war really wasn't that long ago, and if the Russians didn't go to Ukraine, we might have perhaps seen another russian invasion here again in my lifetime aswell.
Not using scope was also partly due to that fact that the fighting was done in the forests of Finland. The enemy will already be close when you see them.
Funny that they show in 2:49 image of AK-47, and then when talking about submachinegun in 2:56 they show MG-34 (or is it MG-42?) instead of the Suomi-submachinegun. 3:21 they show M1 Garand, the US rifle! LOL! Really lousy production on that video!
You want more? Okay watch story of Lauri Törni (aka Larry Thorne) That man was officer in 3 armies, Finland, Waffen SS and Green Berrets. Only former SS soldier who is burried in Arlington.
