We Die Alone
A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · September 30, 2016
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- Who it’s for
- A spare war story with the hard, clean pull of survival under pressure.
- Genres
- World War II: European Theater, Military Lives, Survival Stories
- Published
- Globe Pequot Publishing, September 30, 2016
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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.
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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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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
Where it sits
| Survival Stories | 50% |
|---|---|
| Military Lives | 46% |
| World War II: European Theater | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- World War II History
- Authors
- David Howarth, Stephen Ambrose
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- September 30, 2016
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History