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Simo Hayha, "The White Death", Finland, Winter War, 1940 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also keep in mind how much (or better how few) daylight there was during that time in the Finnish winter.
Additionally, these are only the numbers of those who he killed as a sniper, not counting those who he killed using his submachine gun, which is estimated to be roughly the same number on top.

For those interested into the story, the Sabaton history video is worth watching.

And also their song White Death is neat.