Simo Häyhä | The Deadliest Sniper In Military History

Simo "Simuna" Häyhä was a Finnish sniper who earned the ominous nickname, "The White Death". He's credited as one of the most accurate snipers of all time with a reported 500+ kills under his belt while enlisted. Today we're learning more about the man behind the rifle.

[AaronKaiMCDNLD]

- you finally found the White Death
- you fire a bullet back
- you only hit him in the jaw
- you see him reloading.
- RIP

[justanoldfish]

"Häyhä refused to die"


even death is afraid of him

[jeramysamarawickrama]

I love how this man lived 10 years longer than the USSR

[samdejonge]

Everybody gangsta until Häyhä pulls out his sniper

[jordonbaker]

I wanna see a movie made about him. Who's with me.

[ilesalmo]

There's a joke in Finland that the Soviets signed the peace because they heard he was waking up.

[jonnylaitiainen]

As a fellow finn, im so damn proud of Simo Häyhä and all the other thousands of finnish men defending our country, and sadly many of them lost their lives for our freedom. Without them we would be russians today along with other neighbouring countries like Sweden, and maybe Norway and Denmark. Thank you Finnish heroes, you served well, now most of you have gotten youre final rest. But we still got 6000 veterans alive 2021. Im eternally grateful, youre never forgotten, i bow with highest respect.

[YuRueiHuang]

“Starts snowing”

Soviet soldiers: Ah shit, here we go again

[jaeger]

in finland we have this joke. when stalin heard simo was awakening from hospital he made a peace deal

[JenahhViLOggs]

he lived almost a hundred years with half of his face, death was afraid of him

[mrwri]

The Soviets called in entire artillery strikes just trying to take out Simo Hayha. Not his company, not his squad... they were firing multiple artillery guns just trying to kill HIM.

[RRRRobbbb]

Hayha is the guy who stays dead quiet in the Modern Warfare lobby and finishes each game with 30 kills.

[sharpshootera]

"I'm a lucky man, I never had dreams about the war. I've always slept well, during the war too."
-Simo Häyhä

[clausandersen]

He wasn't just a sniper that used a "i win" scope, he knew scopes has a flaw where your eyes have to adjust to the magnification, it's valuable time that can get you killed. He used a finnish version of a Mosin-Nagant with a iron sight, imagine and appreciate just how difficult it is to find and hit a camoed soviet sniper with a iron sight 700 meters away in freaking snow, i don't think you appreciate how difficult it is.

[goat]

Russia: *ambushes finland*

Häyhä: *So you have chosen death*

[ArrowTRAKT]

He did all that with an iron sight, imagine if he had a scope, and wasn't spotted.

[nodley]

When you realize his K/D is higher than 500

[michellepitre]

My father fought in this war. He fought for Finland, and lost his home to the Russians. He recently passed away. He was 95. Xox.. ♡♡

[GodofWarChuka]

It doesn’t matter how old or modern the gun is. The key is to practice a lot!

[DankMatter]

I guess you could say...
_The soviets were finnished_