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#1 The fishing-boat that landed on the Norwegian coast on the 29th of March, 1943, was carrying twelve men. Eight of them were the crew of the fishing-boat, who had sailed it safely across a thousand miles of ocean No-man’s-land.
#2 In 1943, the Norwegian coast was of extreme importance to the Germans. The Allied convoys that traveled to the Russian arctic ports passed through this narrow strip of open sea between Norway and the arctic ice.
#3 The expedition to northern Norway had a possible importance out of all proportion to the size of the expedition. It was hoped that the four men who were to be landed would be able to put the air base at Bardufoss out of action long enough for a convoy to have a chance of getting through undetected.
#4 The passengers were as varied in experience and background as any four Norwegians could have been. Their leader was a man in his middle forties named Sigurd Eskeland. He had emigrated to South America at age 20, and spent most of his adult life in the back of beyond in Argentina running a fur farm.

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Seconde Guerre mondiale

History

World War II

Military

Segunda Guerra Mundial

Histoire

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Publié par	Everest Media LLC
Date de parution	03 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781669399728
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The fishing-boat that landed on the Norwegian coast on the 29th of March, 1943, was carrying twelve men. Eight of them were the crew of the fishing-boat, who had sailed it safely across a thousand miles of ocean No-man’s-land.

#2

In 1943, the Norwegian coast was of extreme importance to the Germans. The Allied convoys that traveled to the Russian arctic ports passed through this narrow strip of open sea between Norway and the arctic ice.

#3

The expedition to northern Norway had a possible importance out of all proportion to the size of the expedition. It was hoped that the four men who were to be landed would be able to put the air base at Bardufoss out of action long enough for a convoy to have a chance of getting through undetected.

#4

The passengers were as varied in experience and background as any four Norwegians could have been. Their leader was a man in his middle forties named Sigurd Eskeland. He had emigrated to South America at age 20, and spent most of his adult life in the back of beyond in Argentina running a fur farm.

#5

The four men were close friends who had been through a lot of strange experiences together. They were all 26 years old, and had been through a lot of training. Per was the son of a baker in Alesund on the west coast of Norway, and had served his time on the bread round. Jan had been apprenticed to his father, who was an instrument maker in Oslo.

#6

The four men who stood on the deck that March morning were the culmination of a year of preparation. They had trained together in the highlands of Scotland, doing forced marches of thirty and forty miles with packs across the mountains. They were tough and healthy, and very confident of being able to look after themselves.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The leader of an expedition was responsible for everything that happened on it. He was given general instructions, and had to make decisions on the spot. The only way to prepare for a situation like this was to hide any signs of warlike activity and lure the enemy ship to within pistol shot.

#2

As Brattholm approached the coast, Eskeland and his men prepared for the possibility of a confrontation with the German navy. They knew that they had little chance of escape if they were captured, so they prepared to scuttle the ship and get ashore.

#3

The crew of the boat landed on Ribbenesöy, a island north of Tromsö, and began to explore the area. They found a bay that seemed to offer good shelter, and one of the men who had been in that district before remembered the bay as a remote and deserted spot.

#4