00:00In 1939, a simple Finnish farmer picked up a rifle and became death itself.
00:05Simo Heiha had never been a soldier, but when half a million Soviet troops invaded his homeland,
00:10he disappeared into the frozen forests.
00:12What happened next defied belief.
00:15In just 100 days, this quiet farmer killed 542 enemy soldiers, using only iron sights.
00:21In minus 40 degree cold, the Soviets called him the White Death.
00:25They became so terrified of his ghost-like presence that they launched artillery strikes
00:30at empty forests, hoping to kill just one man.
00:33Heiha moved like smoke through the snow.
00:36Soldiers would drop dead with no sound, no muzzle flash.
00:39Their comrades never saw him coming.
00:41The psychological terror was devastating.
00:44Entire units refused to patrol his hunting grounds.
00:47Then the Soviets got lucky.
00:48An explosive bullet tore through his jaw, destroying half his face.
00:52But even that couldn't stop him.
00:53Heiha survived and kept killing until the war ended.
00:57One farmer, against an entire army, and he won.
