The Sledge Patrol: Wwii Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory - Couverture souple

Howarth, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585742899 ISBN 13 : 9781585742899

Editeur : The Lyons Press, 2001

Synopsis

In 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operations of World War II. Using dogsleds to patrol a stark 500-mile stretch of the Greenland coast, their wartime mission was to guard against Nazi interlopers - an unlikely scenario given the cruel climate. But one day, a footprint was spotted on desolate Sabine Island, along with other obvious signs of the enemy. Not expecting to find the trouble they did, the three Sledge Patrol members escaped to the nearest hunting hut only to have the Germans pursue on foot. In the dead of the Arctic night, the men escaped capture at the last instant and, without their coats or sled dogs, walked fifty-six miles to get back to base. While the Sledge Patrol had only hunting rifles, resilience and their knowledge of outdoor survival, the Germans were armed with machine guns and grenades and greatly outnumbered them.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1942 the German trawler Sachsen set sail. Heavily armed and equipped, their mission was to set up a weather station in eastern Greenland and plug the gap in German reporting. Seven men stood against them. Using dogsleds to patrol 500 miles of the forbidding coast of eastern Greenland, their wartime mission was to guard against Nazi infiltration. It was a thankless and boring task in the freezing arctic conditions until they discovered a footprint on Sabine island. There followed one of the most thrilling stories of adventure of the Second World War, a tale of a silent chase and fight against a vastly superior enemy up and down the coast of Greenland and one of the most remarkable and important Allied victories of the war.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Howarth served as a British naval officer during World War II, running the Norwegian-manned spy ring whose name became the title of his first best-selling book. The author of two dozen major works of history, including We Die Alone and The Shetland Bus, he died in 1991.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Lyons Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585742899
• ISBN 13: 9781585742899
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
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• Personne responsable: non disponible