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Did Simo Häyhä actually have over 500 confirmed kills? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml to c/history@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] ArcticFoxSmiles@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 months ago

I was thinking the same thing. I do believe his kill number seems extremely implausible.

Especially if you look at the data from Wikipedia: "Some of Häyhä's figures are from a Finnish Army document, counted from the beginning of the war, 30 November 1939: 22 December 1939: 138 sniper kills in 22 days 26 January 1940: 199 sniper kills (61 in 35 days) 17 February 1940: 219 sniper kills (20 in 22 days) 7 March 1940 (one day after he was wounded): total of 259 sniper kills (40 in 18 days)"