Simo Häyhä
Finnish military sniper (1905-2002) · Finland · Historical Figures · Died at 96
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Something wrong?The deadliest sniper in history: a Finnish farmer who killed over 500 Soviet soldiers in fewer than 100 days during the Winter War, earning the nickname The White Death.
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Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä in Loimola, Finland, February 1, 1940. (39848839263).jpg?width=1200)
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About this person
Simo Häyhä was born 17 December 1905 and lived as a farmer before the Soviet Union invaded Finland in November 1939. Armed with a Finnish M/28-30 rifle and a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun, he estimated in his private war memoir - written in 1940, months after being wounded, and hidden until its 2017 discovery - that he shot around 500 enemy soldiers between 13 November 1939 and 13 March 1940. He survived the war and lived until 1 April 2002. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Finland's NATO membership have revived attention to his story, while his cult reputation has spread into metal lyrics and Japanese manga.
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