Valor: Finland’s White Death

Simo Häyhä Finnish Army Order of the Cross of Liberty Finland 1940 The Russians called him “White Death.” During the 1939–40 Winter War, in the space of 100 days, Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä killed a confirmed 505 Russian soldiers (the unofficial total runs as high as 700). And he did so in December, January and …

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