Historical Events
Franz Stigler & Charlie Brown Incident – December 20,1943
From Enemies to Friendship December 20, 1943 A few days before Christmas and snowlakes spattered the windshield of “Ye Olde Pub”. An American B-17 bomber, […]
Month: December 2019
Historical Portraits
Simo Häyhä
Nicknamed ‘The White Death’
705 confirmed kills (505 with rifle, 200 with submachine gun)
Was a Finnish soldier who, using an iron sighted bolt action rifle, amassed the highest recorded confirmed kills as a sniper in any war…ever!!
705 confirmed kills (505 with rifle, 200 with submachine gun)
Was a Finnish soldier who, using an iron sighted bolt action rifle, amassed the highest recorded confirmed kills as a sniper in any war…ever!!