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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance  
Author: David Howarth, Stephen E. Ambrose (Introduction)
ISBN: 1558219730
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If this story of espionage and 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 Howarth confirmed the details of Jan Baalsrud's riveting tale. It begins in the spring of 1943, with Norway occupied by the Nazis and the Allies desperate to open the northern sea lanes to Russia. Baalsrud and...