On a brutally cold winter's day in 1939, as the sun rose over the forest of the Keralia in Finland,

Soviet soldiers marched through the snowy woodland.

Little did they know those would be their last moments.

As the men progressed through the snowy terrain, a bullet whistled through the air, taking one of the soldiers out in a heartbeat.

The remaining men suddenly realized what was happening and bolted for cover, but no matter where they tried to hide, they were gradually picked off one by one.

In a matter of minutes, the entire group had perished,

but who or what was behind their demise?

The answer lied around a thousand feet away,

and at first he was virtually impossible to see,

but lurking under the snow with a rifle in hand

was the Finnish sniper Simo Ha-ha,

otherwise known as the White Death.

Extraordinary a feat as it seems this was just another day for Ha-ha.

By the time the Winter War finished in March 1940, he'd taken down over 500 Soviet soldiers all on his own,

crowning him the deadliest sniper to have ever lived.

Yet, despite the awesome achievement of this man, his story isn't widely known.

So who really was Seymohiah?

And how did he become the deadliest sniper the world has ever seen?

Born in 1905 and Routiartovies, southeastern Finland, Hi-ho was the seventh of eight children and a family of farmers.

When he wasn't helping his family out on the farm, he enjoyed hobbies like shooting and skiing.

He'd frequently go out to hunt foxes, even though the animal's small stature and speed makes them notoriously difficult to hunt.

It was here that Ha ha honed his sniper-like hunting abilities, fine-tuning them to a point that would prove vinyl later in his life.

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