Simo Häyhä ~ The White Death

About this episode

The episode explores the life and legacy of Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper known as The White Death during the Winter War against the Soviet Union.

Send us Fan Mail Episode 258 In the frozen forests of northern Europe, where winter silence stretches for miles and the horizon disappears into endless white, one man became a ghost. His name was Simo Häyhä. To his enemies, he was something else entirely—The White Death. During the bitter months of the Winter War, as the vastly outnumbered nation of Finland fought for survival against the might of the Soviet Union, Häyhä moved silently through snow-covered forests, dressed head to toe in whi...

Topics covered

• history
• society
• culture

Keywords

• Simo Häyhä
• Winter War
• Finland
• Soviet Union
• sniper

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Europe, Finland, the Soviet Union

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