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.

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Simo Häyhä canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
sniper ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
veteran of the Winter War ⓘ
allegiance Finland ⓘ
birthCountry Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
birthDate 1905-12-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Luumäki ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 Mosin–Nagant rifle ⓘ
surface form: M/28-30 rifle

PPSh-41 submachine gun ⓘ
surface form: Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun

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Battle of Kollaa → associatedPerson → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Kollaa front → associatedWith → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Kollaa front → notablePerson → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Simo Häyhä → name → Simo Häyhä self-link ⓘ
Kollaa River → notablePerson → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Mannerheim Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty → notableRecipient → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Simo → hasNotableBearer → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Häyhä → usedBy → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
White Death → refersTo → Simo Häyhä ⓘ
Valkoinen kuolema → appliedTo → Simo Häyhä ⓘ