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Simo “White Death” Häyhä- Killed more than 500 men in the Winter War of 1939. Born 1905 to a farm near the Russian border. Later in life he did the mandatory 1 year service with the Finnish army in 1925. At the time of discharge he was promoted to corporal. He would later join the Finnish Civil Guard and was fascinated with shooting once being able to get a target sixteen times from 500 feet away making him the sniper he would become. During the war Simo was sniping any Russian who entered his killing zone. He would also only use iron sights as scopes would glint giving away his position. The Russians tried to kill him several times by sending battalions and shooting artillery at him. However, almost none of this did anything to him. Though
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