That bullet that hit him may have actually just been a regular bullet that had tumbled upon impact, which would probably have left him in a very similar state.
@thesantiso During winter war Finland was on neither side. All the western (Brits, US, France, Scandinavia etc) countries were rooting for Finland.
Finalnd fought alone against Russia after Stalin and Hitler made a pact to divide easter Europe between them. Later after the Winter war, Finland asked for help from Germany to fight Russian again = Continuation War, after that Finland fought again against Germany in Lapland War (all this during WW2).
@aaneton So Finland "switched"sides between Axis and Allies twice during WW2, seriously they were only trying to survive between German and Soviet. And succeeeded in a sense that despite losses Finland was never invaded by any agressor and independence was kept.
@Sybrew he didn't die from the bullet. He died from natural causes, so in his so called 'cod" career, he actually went 881:0, then died after retirement
@Lastdoodleman I recommend The Sniper Simo Hayha by Tapio A.M Saarelainen and A Frozen Hell by William Trotter as sources. The first is specific to Hayha (but I believe the translations from Finnish may be a bit awkward in parts), the second gives a great overview of the Winter War.
never mind i read it here lol , is youst that my internet is slow and i didnt bother to load the video but it did . amazing story and exellent music choice
@naruto88uzumaki a week before the end of winter war he got shot in the cheek by a exploadin bullet (in my own opinion i think it was a fmj with a cross at the tip acting like an hollow point bullet as i doubt regular infantry men in the soviet army had any exploding bullets) however simo survived and woke up on the day the war ended :)
When a person asks me; "How come Finns are so cold in heart", I sincerely beg them them to educate themselves about the Winter and Continuation war. When I am refuted with the argument that this is a new era of history and that the ones that didn't fall in their endeavour against the Russian invaders are now dead I tell them that the feats and traits of the past exceed their time and leave a mark until the present, they become quiet.
"Brave soldiers of Finland! I enter on this task at a time when our hereditary enemy is once again attacking our country. Confidence in one's commander is the first condition for success. You know me and I know you and know that everyone in the ranks is ready to do his duty even to death. This war is nothing other than the continuation and final act of our War of Independence. We are fighting for our homes, our faith, and our country." -Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
@aaneton Page 142 of The Winter War by Engle and Paananen-the first part of the quote as follows: "Finland alone-in danger of death, superb, sublime Finland-shows what free men can do." It is the version I plan on using as the opening scroll for my movie about Hayha. It sums up the Winter War very concisely.
@gudadryckful I love the quote of Mannerheim. Could you tell me the source? I am writing a screenplay about Hayha's service in the Winter War, but am also including material about those on both sides involved in planning and carrying out the war, including Mannerheim.
and i'm not sure if simo would actually want to be remembered for what he did, all those horrible things he saw and all the near death incidents.I think he received alot of unwanted attention.I personally would have been mentally crushed. - this is not a troll comment of any sort.
It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
Im a teenager from Finland,and if WW3 ever happens on my lifetime,want to be like Simo and shoot every invador that threatens my homeland.This video made me respect him more than any other veteran of the Winter War.
/watch?v=8xuv9RVss_Y Someone said that, theres no word for Finnish "Sisu" in English. So here is smthng about to describe it. Its a little comic, but.. imagine that guy in battlefied as armed finnish soldier. Can you stop him? not.
Wow! They should make a movie about this guy! He's like the Red Baron but of the ground! I am definitely going to look up more about this guy... Thanks for posting!
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It has now been proven and varified by the Goverment of Finland that the number are not accurate..at the most they say he did was maybe 50..it was only propaganda at the time..everybody loves a hero.. You can get mad all you want,but just look at the facts..
@aaneton agreed where is the source for that? because it is a better known fact that Russians throw their men into the meat grinder more than any other, get em drunk and send em in .
@aaneton The truce agreement after the Continuation War required, amongst other things, Soviet ""monitors" to be posted throughout Finland to ensure compliance. Per the author of the book on Hayha, many of these records were destroyed-likely to protect many from retribution. It stands to reason that official records oh Hayha's count may have been among such records.
@darnjack0roll You can get mad all you want..but even the Finish goverment say it was not even that high..not een close..and it just shows how narrow minded and immature you really are..its called reasearch, try it you might learn something..
@darnjack0roll you really have to come up with something original..instead of copy and paste everything I say...try and lead in life once in a while instead of being a follower and is quoted in Webster's "Usually this person will do anything to impress people, as pathetic as that is. Often, these follower types will target one or two people"...
@mic01 Heh, of course it´s propaganda. I can´t say anything about the numbers, but I would definitely like to hear when and how what you are saying is varified by finnish govmnt? Are you retarded or whaat? Do you think that any government in the world would give away information about a single soldier? Thats a game for different realities than youtube.
@mic01 I´d love to see those "facts". Russian fact = whatever serves the covernment best. There was a saying before about russian people and their toughness and how they brought down dictators and cruel leaders/criminals of soviet ppl. Today your just a bunch of cowards clinging in their great past and writing shit about other nations in youtube while your own covernment is fucking you in the ass while taking your money. Ty god communism is coming back in RUS, then the criminals WILL run!
@Oce08 All you have to do is look up any Finish Goverment Archives..it not hard...Im not saying he didnt do great things but take the numbers with a grain of salt...it was all propaganda and later varified.
@mic01 50 was a usual Finnish kill count during winter war. If you are outnumbered 5 to 1 you have to make more kills. Russians attacked in mass formations, sometimes outnumbering defenders 40 to 1, so it was not too hard to get a total of 50 kills even with a rifle. Many machine gunners actually lost their mind because they had killed hundreds or even thousands of Russians during a one day of battle.
I don't think Häyhä killed 500, but he killed at least 200.
@ljlassi I've researched Hayha quite a bit. (I'm working on a screenplay about him.) The most common error I run into-as on here-is lumping his sub machinegun kills on top of his total. As best I've determined, his total was between 505 and 542 inclusive of 200 with a Suomi sub gun. 505 may be closer as to confirmed, given he had either 37 or 40 unconfirmed kills the day he was wounded. Ironically, he was a modest man who would rather not be fussed over.
@misterbill1911 I see. Typical Finnish man :D What i know nothing about is this kill confirmation stuff, so i wouldn't be sure if all of the confirmed kills were actual kills, but if he made so much unconfirmed kills then the official 500 kills + 200 submachine gun kills should be true.
@ThePerson772 M28 is ''modified Mosin Nagant'' :) Like practicly every other Finnish made rifles. M27, M28, M39 etc. All made from pieces of Mosin Nagants.
@randomjesse I am working on screenplay about Hayha, trying to stay as much as possible with known or reasonably surmised facts about him and his role in the war, one irony being that he was a rather modest man who viewed his actions as simply his duty to his country. I am also including material to put things in the larger context of the Winter War, since so few people now even remember this corner of WW 2 history.
@randomjesse Yeah..and Finnish movie makers make only stupid films like Vares (Finnish version of James Bond) or some stupid drama movies. They should make a finnish movie about Simo Häyhä!
@Diablotion i really think they should and make it REAL film it down were it took place and make it as accurate as possible i really am sick and tired of movies that are completely innacurate it's really insulting to me to be honest
A true sniper prodigy. I believe he hated scopes because how reflective light can give away a soldiers position. something like that. correct me if im wrong. but yeah. One hell of a lad he was
I heard they were about to make hollywood movie about him.. but the actor for Häyhä was Chuck Norris and he said "I think im not cool enough for this role".
@rattinox I, even as a finn, allways felt he didint only just did that for the finns.. he did that for all free men, against the communist, against the stalin. Think of it.. he was just a free man defending hes family. And what great things he did. I remember the day of hes death. It was all over the news.
I still don't know why they didn't make a movie about him. Wasili was nothing but a propaganda machine, and soviet propaganda is like reading the National Enquirer. Maybe someday they will.
Maybe I didn't watch this great video thoroughly enough to know that this was mentioned but worth mentioning, especially since Häyhä performed special sniper tasks that only he had the abilities to execute, is that he used IRON SIGHTS, no scopes!
He killed allegedly 200+ Russians with his Suomikonepistooli, the predecessor to Ppsh-41. apart from his 500+ confirmed sniper kills.
@Daski69 Please see my comments re: Hayha's kill count. True as to his using iron sights. He was supposedly given a scoped rifle as a gift at some point, but I've never confirmed it nor had any confirmation he used one. As with most great marksmen, his capabilities came out of his skill coupled with knowing his weapon's performance intimately.
Per the book by Saarelainen, his confirmed kill count was 542. Per M. Kregel (who runs the Kevos4 website and met Hayha according to my inquiry) his confirmed kills were 505. Both indicate his counts were inclusive of 200 subgun kills-not in addition to them. Nonetheless, he was a man of incredible skill, courage, and devotion to his country.
Im finnish. Im proud. And one video where he writes like his sign for people i feel so proud and bad or so. Hes hand gets tired i just want to say let him take a break.
Just one point, the Baltic States were taken over by the Soviets in mid-1940, after the Winter War, not before. Soviet aggression against the Baltic States started in September 1939, but Stalin went for Finland first. Thank you for reminding the world of this great man and his awesome skill and courage.
@EdMcF1 The Baltic States were forced to give military bases to the Russkies in 1939 and so they were in military sense under Soviet rule. Otherwise the finns didn´t give in any base or strategic defencive fortifications in the border-area. And it led to the Winter War. 1940 the SU annexed the three Baltic States, even when Stalin and Molotov had promised to save the indipendence of the countries. So the Balts were 1939-40 in state that is something between the occupation and indipendence.
@PohjolaNorden I agree, I mentioned that the Soviet aggression started in 1939, it was a slow-motion takeover, in conjunction with Germany. The Soviets shot down a Lithuanian airliner over the Baltic Sea, to create an air of crisis. Thank you for your civilised and informative comment, and aaneton too. We should never forget the crimes of the Soviets.
@EdMcF1 I have actually cleaned Simo Häyhäs rifle. It was like and religious ceremony for me. My hand trembled in respect for this man and that I held and cleaned his rifle.
@jpsplat Actually, I think Daniel Craig could do a fine job. He has a look that can be considered "Finnish" and he did an excellent job in Defiance, which is in the same time period.
Bummer. Now you got me wishing someone who write a script.
@ajlepisto I am working on a screenplay about Hayha. It will be a first for me, my full time job being in health care, so it's a long shot. His story, and that of the Winter War is one of those facets of WW 2 in danger of being forgotten-like the story of the Bielski partisans as depiceted in Defiance.
@misterbill1911 You should pitch it to Mr. Craig. Maybe he could find someone to take it up and get it into a movie. If they could do Enemy at the Gates, they could surely do this one, no?
@ajlepisto I've also thought Giovanni Ribisi as a possibility due to the quiet intensity he brought to his role as the medic Wade in Saving Private Ryan, but ultimately it's the judgement of the producer/director.
@ajlepisto Thanks for supporting my idea! Given I work a full time job and have other interests, I'm hoping to finish it from my end in a year, then getting an agent/laywer to protect my interest in the material as I sho for a director/producer to bring my story to the screen.
@ajlepisto I'd love to see a movie about the white death, but for historical reasons I'd want someone more of his stature. He was about 5'3", which is an advantage for being a sniper. Craig is almost 6'.
Thanks for the video. I have just recently found out about this guy, and he is so fascinating. I've got hundreds of years of Russian ancestry and heritage, ended two generations ago, and I must confess, this guy owned the Russians (Well, I guess they were the Soviets, but still)
Hitler invaded Poland, because he received intel from the Gestapo saying that the Soviet Union was going to invade it. That's why Russia was able to invade the east so quickly. Though hitlers generals got him all the way to Moscow, which was a huge embarrassment on the soviet union's part if you look at the casualties.
what song is in the beginning?
noseguard99 1 day ago
That bullet that hit him may have actually just been a regular bullet that had tumbled upon impact, which would probably have left him in a very similar state.
failgamer9999 1 week ago
:')
swedishhunter21 2 weeks ago
that russian soilder that shot him, simo did kill him?
svampbobify 3 weeks ago
@svampbobify I don't think so you can kill someone when you get exploding bullet in your cheek and fall to ground
GTAmyytit 2 weeks ago
@svampbobify It's not a sure thing... but one sources said he shot the attacker dead, then pass out...
scapicoco 5 days ago
Hail to Häyhä, the hero of freedom, one of the simple men and women of brave Finland ! Impressive video, excellent music. Greetings from Romania.
Streangul 3 weeks ago 2
AXIS FOREVER
thesantiso 3 weeks ago
@thesantiso During winter war Finland was on neither side. All the western (Brits, US, France, Scandinavia etc) countries were rooting for Finland.
Finalnd fought alone against Russia after Stalin and Hitler made a pact to divide easter Europe between them. Later after the Winter war, Finland asked for help from Germany to fight Russian again = Continuation War, after that Finland fought again against Germany in Lapland War (all this during WW2).
aaneton 3 weeks ago 8
@aaneton So Finland "switched"sides between Axis and Allies twice during WW2, seriously they were only trying to survive between German and Soviet. And succeeeded in a sense that despite losses Finland was never invaded by any agressor and independence was kept.
aaneton 3 weeks ago
because of these brave soldiers...we have finland
remixi1 3 weeks ago
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KDR 881 to 1
nice.
Sybrew 1 month ago
KDR 881:1
nice.
Sybrew 1 month ago
@Sybrew he didn't die from the bullet. He died from natural causes, so in his so called 'cod" career, he actually went 881:0, then died after retirement
TheMrlowe98 2 weeks ago
hey IndayLancer hitlers kd was 4m:1
prestabed 1 month ago
@prestabed and stalins was 40m:1 even tho it was his own people
NarowAR07 1 month ago
perfect for my english project :)
and an Epic story !
Lastdoodleman 1 month ago
@Lastdoodleman I recommend The Sniper Simo Hayha by Tapio A.M Saarelainen and A Frozen Hell by William Trotter as sources. The first is specific to Hayha (but I believe the translations from Finnish may be a bit awkward in parts), the second gives a great overview of the Winter War.
misterbill1911 1 month ago
Aivan mielettömän hieno video. Absolutely fantastic !!!
gliderpilot9999 1 month ago
0 deaths 705 kills bam
IndayLancer 1 month ago
Best K/D ratio ever
Cooko276 1 month ago
FUCKING BADASS VIDEO!!!
EarthquakeMachine 1 month ago
when someone asks if i ever killed any man before. i'll say yes hundreds.
BrandonBlaze904 1 month ago
White Death, you are the textbook definition of "deadly."
BlueEchoe5 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
never mind i read it here lol , is youst that my internet is slow and i didnt bother to load the video but it did . amazing story and exellent music choice
naruto88uzumaki 1 month ago
wow i got chills watching this video for no reason wow. a quick question , why he has his left cheek i think all disfigured?
naruto88uzumaki 1 month ago
@naruto88uzumaki a week before the end of winter war he got shot in the cheek by a exploadin bullet (in my own opinion i think it was a fmj with a cross at the tip acting like an hollow point bullet as i doubt regular infantry men in the soviet army had any exploding bullets) however simo survived and woke up on the day the war ended :)
NarowAR07 1 month ago
When a person asks me; "How come Finns are so cold in heart", I sincerely beg them them to educate themselves about the Winter and Continuation war. When I am refuted with the argument that this is a new era of history and that the ones that didn't fall in their endeavour against the Russian invaders are now dead I tell them that the feats and traits of the past exceed their time and leave a mark until the present, they become quiet.
All hail Finland, the land of ice and snow
Daski69 1 month ago
This is a video..we shouldn't have to read!!!(*lazy*)
MysteryoftheGods 1 month ago
sniper wolf ain't got nothing on this guy!
kingbooforums 2 months ago
Very well done...I love reading about him. This was a very well done video!
dodadue13 2 months ago
"Brave soldiers of Finland! I enter on this task at a time when our hereditary enemy is once again attacking our country. Confidence in one's commander is the first condition for success. You know me and I know you and know that everyone in the ranks is ready to do his duty even to death. This war is nothing other than the continuation and final act of our War of Independence. We are fighting for our homes, our faith, and our country." -Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
gudadryckful 2 months ago 7
Winston Churchill has a very nice speech about Finland after the war aswell
Google: Winston Churchill house of many mansions
Check 6th chpater starting:
Only Finland-superb, nay, sublime-in the jaws of peril-Finland shows what free men can do...
aaneton 2 months ago
@aaneton Nice one. Didn't know about that speech, thanks!
Very nice video btw, gives me goosebumbs every time.
gudadryckful 2 months ago
@aaneton Page 142 of The Winter War by Engle and Paananen-the first part of the quote as follows: "Finland alone-in danger of death, superb, sublime Finland-shows what free men can do." It is the version I plan on using as the opening scroll for my movie about Hayha. It sums up the Winter War very concisely.
misterbill1911 2 months ago
@gudadryckful I love the quote of Mannerheim. Could you tell me the source? I am writing a screenplay about Hayha's service in the Winter War, but am also including material about those on both sides involved in planning and carrying out the war, including Mannerheim.
misterbill1911 2 months ago
@misterbill1911 I found it on wikipedia. /wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim. Good luck with the screenplay. :D
gudadryckful 2 months ago
@gudadryckful You indicated you found this on Wikipedia. Did you notice a paper text source cited?
misterbill1911 2 months ago
and i'm not sure if simo would actually want to be remembered for what he did, all those horrible things he saw and all the near death incidents.I think he received alot of unwanted attention.I personally would have been mentally crushed. - this is not a troll comment of any sort.
tommygunner13 2 months ago
what incident did russia stage on the border? im very curious
tommygunner13 2 months ago 2
@tommygunner13
Check wikipedia: Article: Winter War, section: Shelling of Mainila
aaneton 2 months ago
@tommygunner13 they shot town of Mainila with theyr own cannons and blamed Finland
AirsoftJaeger 2 months ago
But i gotta admit this clip is pretty hardcore propaganda, Simo didn't stop the Soviets alone, he had 250,000 men helping him :D
ljlassi 2 months ago
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It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01 Trooooloooololooo
Nice try anyway
Oce08 2 months ago
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It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
mic01 2 months ago
It has now been proven that he sniped over a MILLION and machine gunned a 2 Million..are you people happy now who are to lazy to look up any archives that is available from the Finish Goverment..
mic01 2 months ago
Im a teenager from Finland,and if WW3 ever happens on my lifetime,want to be like Simo and shoot every invador that threatens my homeland.This video made me respect him more than any other veteran of the Winter War.
DJMushroom64 2 months ago
This guy deserves a reincarnation onto the plains of Earth, so he can remove the suffering that we are currently experiencing
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/watch?v=8xuv9RVss_Y Someone said that, theres no word for Finnish "Sisu" in English. So here is smthng about to describe it. Its a little comic, but.. imagine that guy in battlefied as armed finnish soldier. Can you stop him? not.
Jari1234567890 2 months ago
Wow! They should make a movie about this guy! He's like the Red Baron but of the ground! I am definitely going to look up more about this guy... Thanks for posting!
viewer3 2 months ago
@viewer3 HBO is going to so something in 2012 with him
BehelitOutlaw 2 months ago
he never died.. after WWII he changed his name...to Chuck Norris.
Huuwas 2 months ago
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It has now been proven and varified by the Goverment of Finland that the number are not accurate..at the most they say he did was maybe 50..it was only propaganda at the time..everybody loves a hero.. You can get mad all you want,but just look at the facts..
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01
> "It has now been proven and varified by the Goverment of Finland that the number are not accurate."
Source please.
aaneton 2 months ago
@aaneton agreed where is the source for that? because it is a better known fact that Russians throw their men into the meat grinder more than any other, get em drunk and send em in .
455oldsTARoadHun 2 months ago
@aaneton The truce agreement after the Continuation War required, amongst other things, Soviet ""monitors" to be posted throughout Finland to ensure compliance. Per the author of the book on Hayha, many of these records were destroyed-likely to protect many from retribution. It stands to reason that official records oh Hayha's count may have been among such records.
misterbill1911 1 month ago
@mic01 umad idiot? he really got over 700 kills,u were blinded by commie propaganda,that makes u an idiot
darnjack0roll 2 months ago
@darnjack0roll You can get mad all you want..but even the Finish goverment say it was not even that high..not een close..and it just shows how narrow minded and immature you really are..its called reasearch, try it you might learn something..
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01 finnish goverment said it was true,that simo had over 700 kills,and thats why he had a medal,it called education,u should try it out some time
darnjack0roll 2 months ago
@darnjack0roll LOL you failed math I see...
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01 lol,u failed life i see
darnjack0roll 2 months ago
@darnjack0roll you really have to come up with something original..instead of copy and paste everything I say...try and lead in life once in a while instead of being a follower and is quoted in Webster's "Usually this person will do anything to impress people, as pathetic as that is. Often, these follower types will target one or two people"...
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01 so did u get that information from wikipedia,just like all the other *facts*?
darnjack0roll 2 months ago
@mic01 Heh, of course it´s propaganda. I can´t say anything about the numbers, but I would definitely like to hear when and how what you are saying is varified by finnish govmnt? Are you retarded or whaat? Do you think that any government in the world would give away information about a single soldier? Thats a game for different realities than youtube.
Yoz84 2 months ago
@mic01 I´d love to see those "facts". Russian fact = whatever serves the covernment best. There was a saying before about russian people and their toughness and how they brought down dictators and cruel leaders/criminals of soviet ppl. Today your just a bunch of cowards clinging in their great past and writing shit about other nations in youtube while your own covernment is fucking you in the ass while taking your money. Ty god communism is coming back in RUS, then the criminals WILL run!
Halkopena 2 months ago
@mic01 Source?
Oce08 2 months ago
@Oce08 All you have to do is look up any Finish Goverment Archives..it not hard...Im not saying he didnt do great things but take the numbers with a grain of salt...it was all propaganda and later varified.
mic01 2 months ago
@mic01 50 was a usual Finnish kill count during winter war. If you are outnumbered 5 to 1 you have to make more kills. Russians attacked in mass formations, sometimes outnumbering defenders 40 to 1, so it was not too hard to get a total of 50 kills even with a rifle. Many machine gunners actually lost their mind because they had killed hundreds or even thousands of Russians during a one day of battle.
I don't think Häyhä killed 500, but he killed at least 200.
ljlassi 2 months ago
@ljlassi I've researched Hayha quite a bit. (I'm working on a screenplay about him.) The most common error I run into-as on here-is lumping his sub machinegun kills on top of his total. As best I've determined, his total was between 505 and 542 inclusive of 200 with a Suomi sub gun. 505 may be closer as to confirmed, given he had either 37 or 40 unconfirmed kills the day he was wounded. Ironically, he was a modest man who would rather not be fussed over.
misterbill1911 2 months ago
@misterbill1911 I see. Typical Finnish man :D What i know nothing about is this kill confirmation stuff, so i wouldn't be sure if all of the confirmed kills were actual kills, but if he made so much unconfirmed kills then the official 500 kills + 200 submachine gun kills should be true.
ljlassi 2 months ago
@mic01 I'm not mad, but he did ~250 completely confirmed kills.. 705 as they say, well, who believes who doesn't but 250 he did for sure.
Zuomigundi 2 months ago
@mic01 Any kind of source please? Hard to take people seriously if they dont have anything to back their statements up.
JohQx3 1 month ago
This guy was the consummate, the ultimate badass. Respect and a peaceful rest to Mr. Hayha, the White Death. \m/ \m/
sarahewright9 2 months ago
Wait M28.. Didn't he have a Modified Mosin Nagat ?
ThePerson772 3 months ago
@ThePerson772 M28 is ''modified Mosin Nagant'' :) Like practicly every other Finnish made rifles. M27, M28, M39 etc. All made from pieces of Mosin Nagants.
JohQx3 3 months ago
@JohQx3 oh ok, thanks
ThePerson772 3 months ago
@randomjesse I am working on screenplay about Hayha, trying to stay as much as possible with known or reasonably surmised facts about him and his role in the war, one irony being that he was a rather modest man who viewed his actions as simply his duty to his country. I am also including material to put things in the larger context of the Winter War, since so few people now even remember this corner of WW 2 history.
misterbill1911 3 months ago
@randomjesse Yeah..and Finnish movie makers make only stupid films like Vares (Finnish version of James Bond) or some stupid drama movies. They should make a finnish movie about Simo Häyhä!
Diablotion 3 months ago
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I ask of you to spread the word, the Internet as we know it could cease to be.
Task1001 3 months ago
They should stop making stupid movies about robots and space,they should make a film about Simo Häyhä
Diablotion 3 months ago 17
@Diablotion hell yeah!
erik818ws 1 month ago
@Diablotion i really think they should and make it REAL film it down were it took place and make it as accurate as possible i really am sick and tired of movies that are completely innacurate it's really insulting to me to be honest
MrDip02 1 month ago
After the war, he lived in a small cottage near the east Finnish border.
No wonder the Soviets never invaded again.
Andorao 3 months ago 3
The Finns in the Winter War and Continuation War.........think of the Spartans at Thermopylae!!
rattinox 3 months ago
A true sniper prodigy. I believe he hated scopes because how reflective light can give away a soldiers position. something like that. correct me if im wrong. but yeah. One hell of a lad he was
sjcobra84 3 months ago
I heard they were about to make hollywood movie about him.. but the actor for Häyhä was Chuck Norris and he said "I think im not cool enough for this role".
TheQneb 3 months ago 10
@TheQneb Also waaaay to tall. Simo Häyhä was only 5'3.
rrtodd95 3 months ago
From what I've been told, Simo was also a very decent, humble man. Free men everywhere owe him a debt of honor.
rattinox 3 months ago
@rattinox I, even as a finn, allways felt he didint only just did that for the finns.. he did that for all free men, against the communist, against the stalin. Think of it.. he was just a free man defending hes family. And what great things he did. I remember the day of hes death. It was all over the news.
RIP
TheQneb 3 months ago 4
@TheQneb A man who stood and fought Evil with all he had........
rattinox 3 months ago
an exceptional sniper...
granskare 3 months ago
I still don't know why they didn't make a movie about him. Wasili was nothing but a propaganda machine, and soviet propaganda is like reading the National Enquirer. Maybe someday they will.
bisquik3006 3 months ago
Totally awesome :)
13Cucl 4 months ago
Maybe I didn't watch this great video thoroughly enough to know that this was mentioned but worth mentioning, especially since Häyhä performed special sniper tasks that only he had the abilities to execute, is that he used IRON SIGHTS, no scopes!
He killed allegedly 200+ Russians with his Suomikonepistooli, the predecessor to Ppsh-41. apart from his 500+ confirmed sniper kills.
Daski69 4 months ago
@Daski69 Please see my comments re: Hayha's kill count. True as to his using iron sights. He was supposedly given a scoped rifle as a gift at some point, but I've never confirmed it nor had any confirmation he used one. As with most great marksmen, his capabilities came out of his skill coupled with knowing his weapon's performance intimately.
misterbill1911 4 months ago
@misterbill1911 He got a new rifle, a very modern one. But removed the scope, cuz it can reflect in the sun.
K4inan 4 months ago
True.
He was a brilliant marksman and knew that a glare from a regular scope could expose his position.
Lucenian 4 months ago
Should anyone ever wage war against Finland again, he will probably snipe them from the heaven.
ThisOneIsTaken 4 months ago 23
Per the book by Saarelainen, his confirmed kill count was 542. Per M. Kregel (who runs the Kevos4 website and met Hayha according to my inquiry) his confirmed kills were 505. Both indicate his counts were inclusive of 200 subgun kills-not in addition to them. Nonetheless, he was a man of incredible skill, courage, and devotion to his country.
misterbill1911 4 months ago
The most badass no-scoper in the history of forever.
crazy4sian 4 months ago
I got goosegumps..
Respect from Sweden!
gudadryckful 4 months ago
wasn't Simo Häyhä a sharpshooter?
AKYP01 4 months ago
@AKYP01 yes, though he didnt use a scope (cause using one makes your reactions slower) and still killed 200-542 russians in 3 months.
He also freezed his lying ground with water so the snow wouldn't spot him when he fired.
+ he kept snow in his mouth so that water steam that comes out of his mouth when he breathed didnt spot him.
Warm clothing balanced his pulse and breathing.
His small size also helped when hiding from enemy.
Longest distance where he shot enemy sharpie was about 450 meters.
kjn5991 4 months ago
Eikös sillä ollut joku maski päässä tossa ekassa kuvassa?
finnishockey 5 months ago
I cried :( so good music for the video.
Im finnish. Im proud. And one video where he writes like his sign for people i feel so proud and bad or so. Hes hand gets tired i just want to say let him take a break.
xLycosax 5 months ago 6
Just one point, the Baltic States were taken over by the Soviets in mid-1940, after the Winter War, not before. Soviet aggression against the Baltic States started in September 1939, but Stalin went for Finland first. Thank you for reminding the world of this great man and his awesome skill and courage.
EdMcF1 5 months ago 16
@EdMcF1 I stand corrected. Thank you!
aaneton 5 months ago 3
@EdMcF1 The Baltic States were forced to give military bases to the Russkies in 1939 and so they were in military sense under Soviet rule. Otherwise the finns didn´t give in any base or strategic defencive fortifications in the border-area. And it led to the Winter War. 1940 the SU annexed the three Baltic States, even when Stalin and Molotov had promised to save the indipendence of the countries. So the Balts were 1939-40 in state that is something between the occupation and indipendence.
PohjolaNorden 4 months ago 2
@PohjolaNorden I agree, I mentioned that the Soviet aggression started in 1939, it was a slow-motion takeover, in conjunction with Germany. The Soviets shot down a Lithuanian airliner over the Baltic Sea, to create an air of crisis. Thank you for your civilised and informative comment, and aaneton too. We should never forget the crimes of the Soviets.
EdMcF1 4 months ago 2
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@EdMcF1 I have actually cleaned Simo Häyhäs rifle. It was like and religious ceremony for me. My hand trembled in respect for this man and that I held and cleaned his rifle.
Fruitfactory 3 months ago
Sneaky ruskies used explosing bullets even it was not allowed!
TraceurMikado 5 months ago
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a1stooge 5 months ago
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a1stooge 5 months ago
Dude, you rule!
TheVerinen2 5 months ago
Killed 500 young men that probably didn't even know what they were fighting for...
JJnnaatt 5 months ago
@JJnnaatt Possibly not...but Finns certainly knew what they were fighting for: for their existance.
JohQx3 5 months ago
lol i got like 5 pages open of him
longbow1997 5 months ago
Moral in all of this... Don't mess with the Finns.
J88Wolf 6 months ago
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Like if Sabaton brought you here
smurfen911 6 months ago
The only reason there's no movie for him is because the only actor cool enough to play him would be Samuel L. Jackson... but that isn't right.
jpsplat 6 months ago
@jpsplat wrong, no actors would ever fit him :p hes just too badass
crazyjunkey98 6 months ago
@jpsplat Actually, I think Daniel Craig could do a fine job. He has a look that can be considered "Finnish" and he did an excellent job in Defiance, which is in the same time period.
Bummer. Now you got me wishing someone who write a script.
ajlepisto 6 months ago
@ajlepisto I am working on a screenplay about Hayha. It will be a first for me, my full time job being in health care, so it's a long shot. His story, and that of the Winter War is one of those facets of WW 2 in danger of being forgotten-like the story of the Bielski partisans as depiceted in Defiance.
misterbill1911 6 months ago
@misterbill1911 You should pitch it to Mr. Craig. Maybe he could find someone to take it up and get it into a movie. If they could do Enemy at the Gates, they could surely do this one, no?
ajlepisto 6 months ago
@ajlepisto I've also thought Giovanni Ribisi as a possibility due to the quiet intensity he brought to his role as the medic Wade in Saving Private Ryan, but ultimately it's the judgement of the producer/director.
misterbill1911 5 months ago
@misterbill1911 That's a new one. He looks the part, and his facial features do resemble the pictures I have seen of Hayha.
I am taking it upon myself to bombard all of the studios I can via twitter and get some sort of a reply.
ajlepisto 5 months ago
@ajlepisto Thanks for supporting my idea! Given I work a full time job and have other interests, I'm hoping to finish it from my end in a year, then getting an agent/laywer to protect my interest in the material as I sho for a director/producer to bring my story to the screen.
misterbill1911 5 months ago
@ajlepisto I'd love to see a movie about the white death, but for historical reasons I'd want someone more of his stature. He was about 5'3", which is an advantage for being a sniper. Craig is almost 6'.
kyakko 5 months ago
@kyakko See my comment re: Giovanni Ribisi as a choice to cast as Hayha.
misterbill1911 5 months ago
Thanks for the video. I have just recently found out about this guy, and he is so fascinating. I've got hundreds of years of Russian ancestry and heritage, ended two generations ago, and I must confess, this guy owned the Russians (Well, I guess they were the Soviets, but still)
HeroOfTime121 6 months ago
wow that was a fuckin badass video
rainar777 6 months ago
The scary thing isn't his 705kills.
It is his 705kills without a fucking scope...
pieceofnoob 6 months ago 4
my grandad fought in the winter war as a machinegun squad leader proud to be a finn even though i speak finnswedish
Rainshadowish 6 months ago
my grandpa's dad was at the same team as simo hayha Kollaa made it!
VideoGabbage 6 months ago
Good edeting and awesome soundtrack
Good job, do you know where I can find a documentery about him? the US havent mentiond him -.-
lalalallaallala 6 months ago
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what a pussy killing from far distance
bojacub 6 months ago
@bojacub What a pussy commenting from far distance
Kodeka 6 months ago 14
@bojacub He didn't even use a scope. That's not that far.
ajlepisto 6 months ago
@bojacub Far distance?rofl,he was on the front lines you mentally ill idiot.You need a lobotomy.
urbman29 3 months ago
Nostampa taas hattua
kiminki 6 months ago 2
I fucking idolize thiss dude after researching him for like 3 and a half mins
daman0211 6 months ago 3
So next time you complain about how "gay" your CoD game was, consider that Simo Hayha went 500-0 with a wooden bolt action rifle.
hellomate639 6 months ago 5
@hellomate639 And no scope.
ajlepisto 6 months ago
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More proof that humans are the most fearsome killing machines on the planet.
junkers1337 6 months ago
NOW! I KNOW WHAT I WILL GET WHEN I GO TO COLLEGE.
Military.. i want to become a sniper someday..
Paolo Gamboa a.k.a the watermelon sniper.(lol. xD)
watermelon0709 6 months ago
Eu fiz o que disseram fazer apesar do frio,I did what you said, despite the cold
algs229635 6 months ago
this is the finnish sisu that no-one except finnish people can understand. there is no word in english that could describe what sisu means.
he's a legend.
nannaew 6 months ago
His K/D is higher than anyone!
LoneWolf228 6 months ago
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Hitler invaded Poland, because he received intel from the Gestapo saying that the Soviet Union was going to invade it. That's why Russia was able to invade the east so quickly. Though hitlers generals got him all the way to Moscow, which was a huge embarrassment on the soviet union's part if you look at the casualties.
thecrowandthehawk 6 months ago
good
bankkingdom 6 months ago
If I could I would go back in time and take that exploding round
GeneralNutcase 7 months ago
damn, a 700 kill streak
Tsenaru 7 months ago 5
@Tsenaru wonder what you get from that?
VideoGamerize 5 months ago
Video is cool but you got one fact wrong
Simo didn't dye at the age of 97, he lived for 96 years and if you don't belive me look at the numbers.
December 17, 1905 – April 1, 2002
If he had lived 4 months longer then he would have been 97 years old.
But i really like these illustrated pictures.
markkus2007 7 months ago 11
@markkus2007
This is true, I noticed it myself aswell after I published the video. The line I used was cut'n'paste from Wikipedia and that why it's wrong.
aaneton 7 months ago 2
He was only 160 cm height, bump please let everyone know that small people can be dangeours too
ImRealAmerican 7 months ago
@ImRealAmerican lol, only way he could kill anyone was behind the bushes. If he would have been spot he would have been crushed like a cockroach.
MacGovernor 7 months ago
Is there a movie about this??
edifilipe 7 months ago
@edifilipe no but there sure as hell should be.
taisoni1 7 months ago
Häyhä didn't used scope... He only used irn sights
hakerqx 7 months ago 4
he didnt use a scope he use iron sight
dylan012341 7 months ago
Like if machinama brought you here.
xblackops26 7 months ago 34
@xblackops26
Now you got me interested, link? ;)
aaneton 7 months ago 8
@aaneton user/machinima#p/c/6656FE6D5A4D6973/1/R-VzzhiP1d4
AssassiN818KsA 7 months ago
@aaneton /watch?v=R-VzzhiP1d4&feature=feedu
moichelm 7 months ago
@aaneton a shortcut "linking" videos to videos or websites to websites ussaly blue and underlined
SinisterSurgeon 7 months ago
@aaneton search machinima and then reload moison nagant sniper rifle i believe
sybren95 7 months ago
@aaneton /watch?v=R-VzzhiP1d4&feature=feedu here it is. :)
edifilipe 7 months ago