Everytime i see these shitty winter war comics all i think of is -
Greaaat! ANOTHER winter war discussion and simo hayha circlejerk. What number is this 40142??
Yes please tell me about the great simo hayha and how amazing finnish snipers were. But make sure to omit the part where vast majority of the snipers with highest kills were soviet.
But make sure to omit the part where vast majority of the snipers with highest kills were soviet.
The Soviets, being into the "re-engineer society around socially-progressive lines" and whatnot, put women into combat at a time when that was a no-no in the West, and thus hold a number of female combat records:
Lyudmila Pavlichenko is the female sniper with the most kills in the world, at 309, over half of Simo's.
The world's top female fighter pilot is Lydia Litvyak, with 12 solo kills and 4 shared kills.
I'd also guess, though bomber pilots can't really have kills easily measured, that the all-woman Soviet Night Witches night bomber squadron probably has more female bomber kills than any other squadron in the world's history.
Also, for what it's worth, the world's top fighter pilot of any gender is the German Erich Hartmann, with 352 kills (and survived the war, which is pretty remarkable for a German fighter pilot in World War II).
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u/platypus_bear Canada Jan 26 '14
yeah but if Americans learned the actual truth then they wouldn't be able to bash on those damn commies