How a 5-foot Finnish Farmer became the Deadliest Sniper in History

[wp_ad_camp_1] Häyhä was born in Rautjarvi near the present-day border of Finland and Russia, on December 17, 1905. Before entering military combat, Häyhä was a farmer and hunter. When more than 400,000 Soviet Red Army troops invaded Finland in November 1939, Häyhä was selected to be a sniper. Finland is a small country whose Army … Read more