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Simo Häyhä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsimo ˈhæy̯hæ] ⓘ; 17 December 1905 – 1 April 2002), often referred to by his nickname, The White Death (Finnish: Valkoinen kuolema; Russian: Белая смерть, romanized: Belaya smert’), was a Finnish military sniper during World War II in the 1939–1940 Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
The legendary Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä, nicknamed the "White Death", would see his first battle on the Kollaa front. He is credited with at least 505 confirmed kills during the war, according to Finnish military records. [3]
Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock in 1996. The longest confirmed kill in World War II was by German sniper Matthäus Hetzenauer at 1,100 metres (1,200 yd). The science of long-range sniping came to fruition in the Vietnam War. US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock held the record from 1967 to 2002 at 2,286 m (2,500 yd). [ 12 ]
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzajtsɨf]; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. Between 22 September 1942 and 19 October 1942, he killed 40 enemy soldiers. [1] Between 10 October 1942 and 17 ...
1900–1920. 1918–1920. World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death. One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62×54mm Mosin-Nagant Model 1891. 93. Russian Republic. Timothy Murphy. 1751–1818.
Box office. $14.3 million [3][4] Sisu is a 2022 Finnish historical action thriller film written and directed by Jalmari Helander. The film stars Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo and Onni Tommila.
From Finnish military records and government records can be found that Finnish Defense Forced assigned an official military kill-accountant to travel with Simo Hayha. However, the Defense assigned the calculator atleast 3 weeks after the war had already started. Therefore Simo Hayha real kill count has to be 505+110 for the uncounted 21 days.
Record of Ragnarok (Japanese: 終末のワルキューレ, Hepburn: Shūmatsu no Warukyūre, lit. ' Doomsday Valkyrie ') is a Japanese manga series written by Shinya Umemura and Takumi Fukui and illustrated by Azychika about a fighting tournament featuring prominent historical figures against gods from various mythologies, with the fate of mankind in the balance.