No scope. No mercy. Just 505 confirmed kills in a frozen forest. Simo Häyhä didn’t just haunt Soviet soldiers—he became a ghost in the snow.

Simo Häyhä is considered to be the greatest sniper of all time , reported to have taken 505 kills. All of his sniper kills would be achieved during the Winter war of 1939 to 1940.

Simo Häyhä was one of the most famous soldiers to serve in World War II – a Finnish military sniper credited with more than 500 confirmed kills, earning him the nickname “The White Death”.

Simo Hayha used an M28-30 (serial number 60974) to wreak havoc on the Soviet Army during the Winter War. He can trace it back to his time in Finland’s Civil Guard, which he joined in 1905 at the ...

Simo Häyhä, known as “The White Death,” was a Finnish sniper who eliminated 542 Soviet soldiers during the Winter War (1939–1940), making him one of the deadliest snipers in history.His ...

2. Simo Häyhä wiki. Mr Häyhä was but a simple man. Growing up in Finland, he did his one year of mandatory military service, and then went back to working as a farmer and hunter in the snow ...

Standing at just over five-foot tall and with a ready grin, Simo Häyhä might not look like a killing machine. But the former farmer from Rautjärvi, southern Finland, ...

SIMO HÄYHÄ . Simo Häyhä is proof you can do more with less. Armed with an iron-sighted M/28-30 and a submachine gun, he wreaked havoc on the Russians during the Winter War ...

Simo Häyhä, whose life this story imaginatively elaborates on, was a renowned sniper during the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. The fighting, which began in November 1939 and ...

Simo Häyhä was born on December 17th 1917 in the farming town of Rautajärvi, Finland near the Soviet border.