Written by: Sauharda Bajracharya - 2025016, Grade VII
Posted on: 24 September, 2020
Simo Hayha, also known as “White Death”, was a successful Finnish marksman. Before becoming a soldier, he was a farmer, hunter and an expert shooter. In his 20’s he joined the “White Guard” and fought against Russia’s Red Army in temperatures at -40° and -4° F. It was like picking apples for Simo as the Russian’s didn’t even wear White Camouflage. He killed over 503 people in over 100 days. He never got hit by a bullet or an artillery strike until March 1940 when at last he got hit in his jaw by a bullet, which he recovered after some days. When asked, why he was so good at shooting, he replied, “Practice”.
Napoleon Bonaparte, known as the greatest military leader of all time, kept records of his enemies and their bases using his Photographic Memory. He had the power to do certain work without getting distracted by other things. He once led 60 thousand men in order to win against the Italian army with a surprise attack.
Gengis Khan whose face is still unknown was the Emperor of Mongolia. There is a saying, "If you look at God's face, you die". He added to it "I am the punishment of God, if you hadn’t done great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you". He made the largest land empire. He lost minor battles trying to be the King of Mongols, but once Mongolia was united, he never lost a battle. He killed more than 40 million people at his time which was about 11% of the whole world; women would take their own lives rather than getting raided by him. Legend has it that he also used to drink a liter of blood each day. At age 8, he killed his half brother just for food. His last words to his son were, “I have conquered for you a large empire, but my life was too short to take over the whole world; that I leave to you."
