{"product_id":"the-white-death-simo-hayha-the-world-s-deadliest-sniper-and-the-100-days-that-held-finland","title":"THE WHITE DEATH: Simo Häyhä — The World’s Deadliest Sniper and the 100 Days That Held Finland","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA man in white. A rifle with iron sights. A forest so cold it can kill you without a shot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Winter War of 1939–40, Finland faced an invasion by a vastly larger Soviet force—and held on by turning the landscape itself into a weapon. On the Kollaa front, where daylight is brief and the temperature can break metal and men, one small Finnish soldier became a problem the Red Army could not solve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis name was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimo Häyhä\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLater, he would be called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The White Death”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—and widely regarded as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld’s deadliest sniper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. But this is not a legend-polishing retelling. It’s the war as it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efelt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: breath controlled to avoid a visible plume, snow packed to swallow muzzle blast, minutes of stillness that become hours, and a constant, unglamorous discipline that keeps a man alive long enough to be effective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe White Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Häyhä through the most intense stretch of the Winter War—the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehundred days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e when Finland’s line at Kollaa refused to collapse. It tracks the evolution of a battlefield where invisibility is survival; where counter-snipers, artillery, and probability hunt the hunter; and where every shot has consequences far beyond a single target.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold with a tight thriller spine and a historian’s restraint, this is a story about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eskill without myth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, courage without theatre, and the brutal arithmetic of a small nation buying time—day after frozen day—until peace arrives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you liked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBen Macintyre’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e pace and clarity, but want frontline immediacy grounded in real constraints—cold, terrain, logistics, and the limits of certainty—this is the definitive, readable account of the soldier behind the name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE WHITE DEATH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimo Häyhä — The World’s Deadliest Sniper and the 100 Days That Held Finland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGary Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45915706392767,"sku":"c7fb5247-dc07-4551-a220-1833e8e0f2c8","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/edede39515e4f879f1c44163f4386aa0.jpg?v=1785082406","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/the-white-death-simo-hayha-the-world-s-deadliest-sniper-and-the-100-days-that-held-finland","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}