fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

I don’t know if this guy has been submitted already, but if he has, he deserves to be submitted again.

Simo Häyhä lived in Finland and was a farmer and hunter for most of his life. He served in the military for a year, then went back to his farming life. He was known for his marksmanship and was said to have many awards for it. Sounds like your average guy, right?

Wrong.

Soon, the Winter War started between Finland and Russia. Now, the Finns in general were total badasses in this war, coming out victorious even though they were vastly outnumbered, but Simo really stood out from the rest. Simo signed up and became a sniper; in fact, he became one of the best snipers history had ever seen. It has been confirmed that he killed 505 people, though some estimates put this total closer to 700. The Soviets staged entire missions to kill this man, but he usually ended up killing them first. They started throwing bombs where they thought he was; the most they did was tear his coat as he continued shooting.

Finally, one near-fateful day, he was shot with an exploding bullet in the jaw. Fellow soldiers described his wound as looking like he had lost half of his face. His injuries caused him to fall into a coma. 2 weeks later, he woke up on the same day that the Winter War ended. He went back to a quiet life of farming and hunting and lived to be 96 years old.

I mean, let’s face it, who doesn’t love a badass? OK, his face was perminently deformed from the bullet wound, but that doesn’t change anything :3

(via kdbp)