The Soviet soldier never saw him. Neither did the one after that, or the next, or the hundreds who followed. Simo Häyhä ...
When the Soviet Union invaded Finland in the winter of 1939, one Finnish sniper truly distinguished himself. His name was ...
The French author travelled to Finland’s icy forests to get closer to his subject – sniper Simo Häyhä and the Finnish soldiers whose bravery helped to change the course of the Second World War. The ...