One Finn, whom the Russians would dub “White Death,” proved a particularly big thorn in the bear’s paw. Despite this injury he survived and regained consciousness on the 13 th of March, the day the war ended. TIL a Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä killed 505 soldiers during the Winter war without telescopic sight in temperatures between C F) and C F). Simo Häyhä holds the distinction of having the most sniper kills in any war. Reportedly, Häyhä could hit a target 150 meters away 16 times in one minute. It was a move that would cost tens of thousands of lives — and it was the beginning of the legend of Simo Häyhä. However, the injury hardly slowed Simo Häyhä down. He awoke as the peace treaties were being drawn up with half of his face missing. He was mistakenly reported as dead by a newspaper, who he then sent a letter to ask them to correct the story. Unfortunately, 11 days before the Winter War ended, Simo Häyhä was finally struck. According to his fellow soldier’s half his face was missing. On March 6, 1940, after 98 days of hard fighting, Simo was grievously wounded during close-quarters combat in the forests of Ulismaa (still in the Kollaa region). He is believed to have felled more than 500 invaders — and in just under 100 days. At the dawn of World War II in 1939, Josef Stalin sent over half a million men across Russia’s western border to invade Finland. For three months, the two countries fought in the Winter War, and in an un He was promoted to Lieutenant after the Winter War. While this injury put an end to Häyhä’s military career and left his face permanently lop-sided, he had already achieved enough to gain numerous military awards and a record-breaking promotion to second-lieutenant from Field Marshal Mannerheim, the leader of the Finnish defense forces. Simo Hayha had over 700 confirmed kills, over 500 sniper kills. His face was scarred by his wartime injury. He had half his face blown off by an explosive bullet but he survived and went on to live until Simo Häyhä - Häyhä in the with visible damage to his left cheek after his 1940 wound nicknamed "White Death At the dawn of World War II in 1939, Josef Stalin sent over half a million men across Russia’s western border to invade Finland. It was a move that would cost tens of thousands of lives — and it was the beginning of the legend of Simo Häyhä. Simo "Simuna" Häyhä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsimo ˈhæy̯hæ]; 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), was a Finnish sniper.He is believed to have killed over 500 men during the 1939–40 Winter War, the highest number of sniper kills in any major war. He used a Finnish-produced M/28-30 rifle, a variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle, and a Suomi KP/-31 sub machine gun. Introducing Simo Häyhä. A Soviet soldier caught sight of him and shot him in the jaw, landing him in a coma for 11 days. Note the injury to his face from a … Before the four-month war ended, humble Häyhä would gain infamy among the Russian invaders, and come to be known as the “White Death.” Simo Häyhä’s vacated farmhouse was littered with trophies he’d won for marksmanship. A Russian infantryman hit Simo in the jaw with an exploding bullet, shattering the bone and half his face.