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  • September 11, 2010 at 6:46 am #2387
    Phidippides
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    I stumbled across this interesting Wikipedia entry:

    Simo H?yh? (Finnish pronunciation: ['simɔ 'h?y̯h?]) (December 17, 1905 ? April 1, 2002), nicknamed "White Death" (Russian: Белая смерть, Belaya Smert; Finnish: Valkoinen Kuolema; Swedish: den Vita D?den; German: der wei?e Tod) by the Red Army, was a Finnish sniper. Using a modified Mosin-Nagant in the Winter War, he has the highest recorded number (505) of confirmed kills in any major war.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Hayha

    September 24, 2010 at 3:56 pm #22354
    donroc
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    I remember as a child how much we rooted for the Finns in that war and admired their white combat outfits.Ironically, the French, who were passive behind their Maginot Line 1939-40, seriously considered sending combat troops to aid the Finns

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