Hitler's Savage Canary: A History of the Danish Resistance in World War II - Couverture souple

Lampe, David; Riis-Jørgensen, Birger

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1628723718 ISBN 13 : 9781628723717

Editeur : Arcade, 2014

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

After Adolf Hitler made plans to create a model protectorate” out of Denmark, Winston Churchill predicted that the nation would become the Führer’s tame canary. Isolated from the Allies and fueled only by a sense of human decency and national pride, the Danes created an extraordinary resistance movement that proved a relentless thorn in the side of the Nazis. By 1945, they had published twenty-six million issues of illegal newspapers. They set up radio guides for Allied aircraft on the coasts and proved invaluable in penetrating Nazi defenses.

Regular boat services ran between Sweden, Denmark, and Britain. German ships could not move out of ports, and troops were stymied again and again by the sabotage of railways and air bases. Most amazing of all was the transportation of some 7,000 Danish Jews to safety in Sweden. They were not trained; they were not soldiers. They were simply ordinary citizens who refused to stand idly by and witness an atrocity.

The story of the selfless courage and daring should inspire countless future generations.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Adolf Hitler stated that after occupation Denmark would turn into a model protectorate . Winston Churchill meanwhile maintained that the small country of (then) four million people would become the sadistic murderer s canary . In the end, neither was right. With no help initially from the Allies, the Danes set up a resistance movement that proved to be a constant irritation to the occupation forces not a meek canary, but a dangerous and courageous bird of prey that refused to be caged. The scale of the resistance to the Nazis in Denmark is without equal: twenty-six million issues of illegal newspapers had been published by 1945; radio guides for Allied aircraft had been set up on the coasts; regular boat services ran between Sweden, Denmark and Britain; a news bureau provided a stream of inside information to the Allies; German ships were unable to move out of the ports; and troops were constantly frustrated by the sabotage of railways and air bases. Incredibly, almost the entire Jewish population some 7,000 people was shipped to safety in Sweden before being rounded up. The selfless courage shown by the Danes, when collaboration would have been an easy option, is astonishing. This story of foolhardy heroism and daring by a small country is a thrilling read, and provides a real insight to the mindset of a people under occupation.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Arcade
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1628723718
• ISBN 13: 9781628723717
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264