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BOOK
Title We die alone : a WWII epic of escape and endurance / David Howarth
Imprint Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 1999

LIBRARY / MAP CALL NUMBER STATUS MESSAGE
 Limhamn:Vuxen Facklitteratur (900-999)  940.54 Baalsrud engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Edition 1st Lyons Press ed
Descript xi, 208 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Note Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1955
Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Landfall -- 2. Fight in Toftefjord -- 3. Hunted -- 4. Sea-boots in the snow -- 5. Tragedy in Tromso -- 6. Avalanche -- 7. Snowblind -- 8. Marius -- 9. Deserted farm -- 10. After the storm -- 11. Ascent of Revdal -- 12. Plateau -- 13. Buried alive -- 14. Attempt on the frontier -- 15. Last duty -- 16. Sands run out -- 17. Reindeer -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 : Chronological table -- Appendix 2 : A German account of the "Brattholm" incident
Jan Baalsrud's escape from Nazi-occupied arctic Norway is one of the most exciting escape narratives to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II chronicles . In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance. But they were betrayed and the Nazis ambushed them. Only one man survived - Jan Baalsrud. This is the incredible and gripping story of his escape. Frostbitten and snowblind, pursued by the Nazis, he dragged himself on until he reached a small arctic village. He was near death, delirious, and a virtual cripple. But the villagers, at mortal risk to themselves, were determined to save him, and - through impossible feats - they did. We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Salvomir Rawicz's, The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit
Subject Baalsrud, Jan
World War (1939-1945)
German Occupation of Norway (1940-1945)
1900-1999
Prisoners of war.
Escapes.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Norwegian
Escapes -- Norway -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Norway -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Escapes -- Norway -- History.
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- Biography.
Prisoners of war -- Norway -- Biography.
Norway
Germany
Norway -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
Norway -- History
History.
Biography.
Personal narratives -- Norwegian.
Krigsfångar
Flykt
Andra världskriget 1939-1945
Tyska ockupationen av Norge 1940-1945
Norge
Tyskland
Personliga berättelser
Biografi
Classmark 940.54/7243
ISBN/ISSN 9781599210636
1599210630
1558219730 (pbk.)
9781558219731 (pbk.)
1493023454 (paperback)
9781493023455 (paperback)
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