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The Sledge Patrol

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In 1943, brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operations of World War II. 
Using dogsleds, they patrolled 500 miles of stark Greenland coast against Nazi interlopers-an unlikely scenario given the cruel climate. 
Until one day, a footprint was spotted on desolate Sabine Island… 
In the Arctic night, three Sledge Patrol members escaped capture at the last instant, walking fifty-six miles back to base. 
Without coats or sled dogs, and greatly outnumbered by their highly-armed German enemies, the Patrol could rely only on hunting rifles, resilience, and their knowledge of outdoor survival, in one of the most remarkable Allied victories recorded.

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In 1943, a group of brave Danish and Norwegian hunters carried out one of the most dramatic operations of World War II. 
 
Using dogsleds to patrol a stark 500-mile stretch of the Greenland coast, their wartime mission was to guard against Nazi interlopers-an unlikely scenario given the cruel climate. 
 
But one day, a footprint was spotted on desolate Sabine Island, along with other obvious signs of the enemy. 
 
Not expecting to find the trouble they did, the three Sledge Patrol members escaped to the nearest hunting hut only to have the Germans pursue them on foot. 
 
In the dead of the Arctic night, the men escaped capture at the last instant and, without their coats or sled dogs, walked fifty-six miles to get back to base. While the Sledge Patrol had only hunting rifles, resilience, and their knowledge of outdoor survival, the Germans were armed with machine guns and grenades and greatly outnumbered them. 
 
David Howarth skillfully relates the tensely exciting true tale of how the men of the Sledge Patrol fought capture or death in desolation by outwitting and outlasting the enemy. This is a saga of human skill, faith, and endurance-and one of the most remarkable Allied victories ever recorded.

David Armine Howarth (1912 - 1991) was a British historian and author. He was a radio war correspondent for BBC at the start of the Second World War, joining the Navy after the fall of France. He rose to the rank of lieutenant commander and spent four years in the Shetland Islands, becoming second in command of the Shetland Naval base. He was involved in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), including the Shetland Bus, an SOE operation manned by Norwegians running a clandestine route between Shetland and Norway. For his contributions to espionage operations against the German occupation of Norway, he received King Haakon VII's Cross of Liberty and was made a Chevalier First Class of the Order of St Olav. After the War he designed and built boats before turning to writing full time. David Howarth died in 1991. At his request, his ashes were scattered over the waters of Lunna Voe, Shetland, near Lunna House, the first base of the Shetland Bus operation.

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