The White Death: Finland's Deadliest Sniper Killed 500+ Soviets in 100 Days

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]In the frozen forests of Finland, one farmer became death itself. Simo Häyhä was just a quiet dairy farmer when the Soviets invaded in 1939.

[00:00:10]But when the Winter War began, something changed. In 100 days, he killed over 500 enemy soldiers. One shot, one kill, every time. He used no scope, just iron sights, in minus 40° weather. The Soviets called him the White Death.

[00:00:29]Stalin himself put a bounty on his head.

[00:00:31]Entire counter-sniper teams were sent to hunt down this one man. They couldn't find him. He was a ghost in the snow.

[00:00:38]Häyhä would bury himself in snowdrifts for hours, waiting, watching. He put snow in his mouth so his breath wouldn't give him away. The psychological terror was unbearable. Soviet soldiers knew he was out there, somewhere, always watching. Finally, they got desperate.

[00:00:56]They fired an explosive shell directly at his position. It tore off half his face, shattered his jaw, left him unconscious in the snow, but it didn't kill him. Simo Häyhä lived another 60 years, the deadliest sniper in history.