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The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic Of Courage, Endurance, and Survival
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- ISBN
- 9781493032945
- Book Title
- Shetland Bus : a WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / Naval, General
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 0.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 264 Pages
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The occupation of Western Europe and Scandinavia in the spring of 1940 crippled Britain's ability to gather intelligence information. After the Germans invaded Norway, many Norwegians knew that small boats were constantly sailing from the Shetland Islands to land weapons, supplies, and agents, and to rescue refugees. In the Shetland Bus, David Howarth, who was second in command of the Shetland base, recounts the hundreds of trips made by fishing boats in the dark of Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught. For the Norwegians who remained in Norway, the Shetland Bus-as this dangerous operation became known-fortified them both physically and spiritually. Some stretched two thousand miles in length and lasted as long as three weeks in boats only fifty to seventy-five feet long. Fishing boats crossing the North sea were sometimes attacked and sunk in minutes, hundreds of miles from a friendly ship or shore. Their crews had no hope of being saved.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1493032941
ISBN-13
9781493032945
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240981627
Product Key Features
Book Title
Shetland Bus : a WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Adventure
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / Naval, General
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
0.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D779.N6h62 2018
Reviews
"One of the best adventure stories to come out of any war . . . a story of heroism and high endeavor upon the sea." -The New York Times Book Review "Mr. Howarth does an especially good job of describing, without any heroics, the vicissitudes undergone by the survivors of these expeditions, many of whom managed to fight their way out of Norway and to freedom." -The New Yorker "One after another of Howarth's stories shows the skill, hardihood, and sheer courage of his men." -Chicago Tribune "For many of us the stories of Beowulf and Siegfried were required reading, but here in this modern saga are tales of resourcefulness, discipline, character and heroism which match the courage of those legendary heroes and excel them by their impulsion of patriotism and brotherly love." -Christian Science Monitor
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-048256
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