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Truth is stranger than fiction - that is so true, particularly in this case - what an amazing story! During World War II, in 1943 Jan Baalsrud along with 11 other Norwegian men sailed from the U.K. where they had trained and headed to Nazi-occupied Norway to destroy a German air control tower and support the Norwegian resistance. The mission was compromised and their boat destroyed. Eleven men were captured or died - only Jan Ballsrud managed to escape. The book is about one man’s survival again
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Incredible true story!
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