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Leo Major: The Canadian Sniper Who Captured 93 Germans on His Own

Podcast: Bloomin' Legends with Johnny Vaughan & Gavin Woods · Global

Opublikowano: 2026-08-26

He lost an eye at Normandy and refused to go home. He broke his back and carried on. He captured 93 German soldiers on his own. And then, in April 1945, he liberated an entire Dutch city single-handedly by running around it all night with a machine gun and a bag of grenades, convincing the Germans they were surrounded. In this episode, Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods take on Leo Major, the French-Canadian scout and sniper who treated his own safety as an optional extra, and became one of only a handful of Canadians ever awarded the...