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Today I'm going to talk about Simo Häyhä, or as he is better known, "The White Death".
Häyhä
He was born in a cold December 17, 1905 in a small town of Rautjärvi, Finland, which was then part of the Russian Empire, began his military instruction in 1925 with the country already independent.
Rautjärvi.
Where did he gain popularity?
Well, in 1939, the famous "Winter War", that for those who do not know, it was a confrontation between the USSR and Finalndia.
Initial movements of the "Winter War"
Just imagine, a great power like the USSR facing a small nation like Finland. Well, this did not affect Simo very much.
He served as a sniper against the Russian invader. Acting at temperatures ranging from -20 ° to -40 ° C, and dressed completely in white camouflage, Häyhä killed more than 505 enemy soldiers.
505??!! How is this posible?!
The daily recount of the dead enemies was carried out on the battlefield by the same Finnish snipers. Even so, it is quite credible, since the Soviets were a disaster in the first days of the war.
He used the standard M28 Pystykorva rifle, a Finnish variant of the Soviet Mosin-Nagant rifle, and preferred not to use a telescopic sight to avoid increasing the size of the target he offered to the enemy during the fighting, and because snipers were often betrayed by the enemy. reflection of the sun in the lenses of these sights. With such low temperatures, the sights could fog or break easily.
M28 Pystykorva without telescopic sight
Another of his tactics consisted in compacting the snow in front of him so that when shooting he did not move. In turn, to prevent the breath from his breath giving him away, his mouth filled with snow.
His short stature, 1.52 m, also the result of great help at the time of going unnoticed in combat.
In addition to his casualties with the rifle, Häyhä is also credited with having killed another two hundred soldiers with the Finnish sub-machine gun Suomi KP / -31. Häyhä killed all the Soviet soldiers for a period of three months. On March 6, 1940, Häyhä was wounded in the face by an explosive enemy bullet. Before this, the Russians had elaborated a multitude of plans to kill him, including sending snipers and artillery attacks, which did not achieve any results. It is presumed that the shot that wounded him was made at random, and the wounds left him in a coma.
Finnish submachine gun Suomi KP / -31
Photo after his wound.
So, How many casualties are credited?
It is estimated about 700, but could have been more, with an average of 5 casualties per day.
Häyhä was rescued by his companions, who later reported that "half of his face had disappeared". On the 13th of March (same date of my birthday, date not to miss: 3), the same day that peace was signed between the Soviet Union and Finland, Häyhä regained consciousness. After the war, he was promoted from corporal to second lieutenant by Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. Neither before him nor later has any soldier gained promotion under such dramatic circumstances in the military history of Finland.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Simo Häyhä took several years to recover from the wound caused by the bullet that had pierced his jaw and destroyed his left cheek.
During the Second World War was devoted to hunting, especially moose, and dog breeding, and in some occasions hunted with Finnish President Urho Kekkonen.
Urho and Simo at a meeting in 1963.
When asked in 1998 how he became such a good shooter, he simply replied that he "practiced." On his formidable record of deaths, he said that "I did what I was ordered as best I could". Simo Häyhä spent his last years in a small village called Ruokolahti, located in southeastern Finland near the Russian border. He died on April 1, 2002 due to natural death. At the age of 96 years (Getting to the idea that he was born in December and died in April).
Ruokolahti, very close to the town where he was born in Rautjärvi
Tombstone of Simo.
With that I end my art, mi mas lindo saludo...
Autor: ~KMS Bismarck
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Matias Dominguez
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