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We Die Alone by David Howarth

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We Die Alone

A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

David Howarth, Stephen Ambrose

Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · September 30, 2016

Reading lane: World War II History

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Hard-Earned Survival

A spare war story with the hard, clean pull of survival under pressure.

Come here for

  • escape and endurance
  • sustained wartime narrative

Expect

  • European theater context
  • history shaped by ordeal

Book Details

Authors
David Howarth, Stephen Ambrose
Publisher
Globe Pequot Publishing
Published
September 30, 2016
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
World War II History · World War II: European Theater
Reading lane
World War II History

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Publisher Categories

  • History

  • World War II History

About This Book

We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. 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 Naz...

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We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. 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 Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk , it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit.

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