Simo Häyhä

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human sniper soldier veteran of the Winter War

Simo Häyhä was a Finnish sniper in the Winter War, renowned as one of the deadliest marksmen in history for his extraordinary number of confirmed kills against Soviet forces.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → sniper → soldier → veteran of the Winter War →
allegiance	Finland →
birthCountry	Grand Duchy of Finland →
birthDate	1905-12-17 →
birthPlace	Rautjärvi →
commemoratedIn	Finnish military history →
conflict	Winter War →
countryOfCitizenship	Finland →
deathCountry	Finland →
deathDate	2002-04-01 →
deathPlace	Hamina →
decoratedWith	Cross of Liberty → Medal of Liberty → Order of the White Rose of Finland →
era	20th century →
ethnicGroup	Finnish →
familyName	Häyhä →
givenName	Simo →
hasCauseOfDeath	natural causes →
hasReputation	one of the deadliest snipers in history →
injury	severe facial wound from explosive bullet →
injuryDate	1940-03-06 →
languageOfWorkOrName	Finnish →
militaryBranch	Finnish Army →
militaryRank	corporal → second lieutenant →
name	Simo Häyhä →
nativeLanguage	Finnish →
nickname	Valkoinen kuolema → White Death →
nicknameLanguage	English → Finnish →
notableFor	high number of confirmed sniper kills in the Winter War →
opponent	Soviet Union →
postWarOccupation	farmer →
promotionReason	combat achievements as a sniper →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	Ruokolahti →
serviceEndYear	1940 →
serviceStartYear	1925 →
sexOrGender	male →
subjectOf	biographies about the Winter War →
survivedInjury	yes →
usedIronSights	yes →
usedOpticalSight	no →
weaponUsed	M/28-30 rifle → Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kollaa River → Kollaa front →	notablePerson
Battle of Kollaa →	associatedPerson
Kollaa front →	associatedWith
Simo Häyhä →	name