The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and AdventureLyons Press, 2001 - 248 síður The occupation of Western Europe & Scandinavia in the spring of 1940 crippled Britain's ability to gather intelligence information. After the Germans invaded Norway, many Norwegians knew that small boats were constantly sailing from the Shetland Islands to land weapons, supplies, & agents, & to rescue refugees. In THE SHETLAND BUS, David Howarth, who was second in command of the Shetland base, recounts the hundreds of trips made by fishing boats in the dark of Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught. For the Norwegians who remained in Norway, The Shetland Bus fortified them both physically & spiritually. Nothing but war would have made seamen attempt such dangerous journeys. Some were two thousand miles in length & lasted three weeks in boats from fifty to seventy five feet, which sailed alone. Fishing boats crossing the North Sea were sometimes attacked & sunk in minutes, hundreds of miles from a friendly ship or shore. Their crews had no hope of being saved. But to "take the Shetland bus" meant escape when capture became the only other option. Of the 300 Norwegians who were enlisted in this special service, 57 were killed in action. THE SHETLAND BUS is the true-life account of storms, attacks, danger, & the heroic efforts of brave men. |
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Síða 13
... Flemington was retained as a place where agents could be kept in seclusion while they waited for passage , and Mitchell continued to live there . Stocks of arms and explosives which we were to export were cached in a number of dumps ...
... Flemington was retained as a place where agents could be kept in seclusion while they waited for passage , and Mitchell continued to live there . Stocks of arms and explosives which we were to export were cached in a number of dumps ...
Síða 96
... Flemington who painstakingly stalked some duck on the burn and ultimately slew two with a right and left , to find that they were pet ducks of some rare breed belonging to a croft in the valley ; but it was certainly Mitchell who shot ...
... Flemington who painstakingly stalked some duck on the burn and ultimately slew two with a right and left , to find that they were pet ducks of some rare breed belonging to a croft in the valley ; but it was certainly Mitchell who shot ...
Síða 136
... Flemington with Commander Slaydon , we all agreed that the job , though difficult , was possible , and we ourselves felt that it was more worth while than any- thing else we might do in Norway . The outline of the plan we agreed on that ...
... Flemington with Commander Slaydon , we all agreed that the job , though difficult , was possible , and we ourselves felt that it was more worth while than any- thing else we might do in Norway . The outline of the plan we agreed on that ...
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The Beginning of a Saga | 1 |
Across to Norway | 20 |
Air Attack | 38 |
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