Häyhä is believed to have been a major inspiration for Aatami Korpi, the stoic main character of the ongoing “Sisu” film series.

Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance on Tuesday. To mark the occasion, a US embassy posted a meme to Twitter about Finnish snipers. These snipers are a legendary ...

The French author travelled to Finland’s icy forests to get closer to his subject – sniper Simo Häyhä and the Finnish ...

RICHMOND, Va. – For the third consecutive year, snipers from the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team traveled to Finland to compete against their international ...

TAIPALSAARI, Finland - Three Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, competed in the Finnish Sniper Championship ...

HOHENFELS, Germany – A U.S. Army soldier was paired with a NATO ally for the first time to compete in the eighth annual European Best Sniper Team Competition that concluded over the weekend at the ...

Aatami Korpi, the hero of the upcoming film “Sisu: Road to Revenge,” fights against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—mirroring Finland’s complicated World War II history. During the Cold War, ...

At this point, Finland was less than a month into the Winter War, which was fought from November 1939 to March 1940. Häyhä – a diminutive, humble, unassuming farmer – served just 98 days before he was ...

British soldiers have joined a major Nato exercise on Finland’s snowy border with Russia, assisting Finnish troops in ...