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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

David Howarth

Paperback | Pages: 231 pages

Rating: 4.07 | 7606 Users | 644 Reviews

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Original Title:	We Die Alone
ISBN:	1558219730 (ISBN13: 9781558219731)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jan Baalsrud
Setting:	Norway,1943

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If this story of espionage & survival were a novel, readers might dismiss the Shackleton-like exploits of its hero as too fantastic to be taken seriously. But respected historian David A. Howarth confirmed the details of Jan Baalsrud's riveting tale. It begins in the spring of '43, with Norway occupied by the Nazis & the Allies desperate to open the northern sea lanes to Russia. Baalsrud & three compatriots plan to smuggle themselves into their homeland by boat, spend the summer recruiting & training resistance fighters & launch a surprise attack on a German airbase. But he's betrayed shortly after landfall. A quick fight leaves Baalsrud alone & trapped on a freezing island above the Arctic Circle. He's poorly clothed (one foot entirely bare), has a headstart of only a few hundred yards on his Nazi pursuers & leaves a trail of blood as he crosses the snow. How he avoids capture & ultimately escapes--revealing that much spoils nothing in this white-knuckle narrative--is astonishing stuff. Baalsrud's feats make the travails in Jon Krakauer's Mt Everest classic Into Thin Air look like child's play. This amazing book will disappoint no one.--John J. Miller (edited)

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Title	:	We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
Author	:	David Howarth
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 231 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1999 by Lyons Press (first published November 18th 1954)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. War. World War II. Adventure. Survival

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Ratings: 4.07 From 7606 Users | 644 Reviews

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Anything with endurance in the title gets my attention, especially when it's a tale of survival. Add that to the fact that I was planning a winter trip to Norway, and this was the perfect winter read. The tale begins 1943, in Nazi-occupied Norway, with a group of young men of the Norwegian resistance planning a mission to attack of German air base. The mission comes to a bad end, and three of the resistance fighters are killed, leaving the central character, Jan Baalsrud, injured and fleeing the



3.5 rounded up to 4. Went into this with great interest, and I did enjoy it and did care about Jan and his supporting cast of brave people who helped all along his way. But something about the writing style of this book sucked the inherent energy & drama out of what is an inherently exciting story. It felt like a report oftentimes. Well worth reading even if it felt occasionally like homework. Amazing what people will do under such circumstances. Recommended.

4.5 starsIn the winter of 1943, 12 Norwegians sailed to the northern coast of Norway for the purpose of infiltrating the country to train local citizens in anti-German resistance and to attack the German military base at Bardufoss. Their mission was discovered and all aboard the boat were captured and/or killed except for Jan Baalsrud. This book is the story of his harrowing journey over the next three months to escape the German occupiers and reach safety across the border in neutral Sweden - a

The title calls this story "epic", and it truly is. In the beginning I wasn't sure how this would work for me, but as soon as I got around 25% into the book I was just flying through it.

4.5 Stars but I'm rounding up to 5 StarsWe Die Alone popped up on my Goodreads recommendation page. Although I have been somewhat burnt out on WWII stories, I was still intrigued by this book. I love survival stories particularly true ones. We Die Alone is the incredible true story of a man not only evading the Nazis but also surviving in the harsh mountains of Norway. But it goes beyond one man's tenacity and looks at the inspiring way that communities came together to do what they could

OK, in this world, some people are tougher than others. This book is about one guy who offers an answer the next time someone asks well, exactly how tough was he? And, then, well, it only takes a couple of hundred pages to explain....Having said that, I didn't love the book. It's a good book, and the story is fascinating, ... but, but ... What I found most frustrating (although not enough to stop reading) was that the story is incredible ... absolutely defying belief ... but the telling felt