
Defiant Courage
A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
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In late March of 1943, four commandos arrive in northern Norway with a mission of establishing a base for sabotage operations. Before they can unload their cutter, they are betrayed, as a German Schnell boat arrives and turns the quiet fjord into a battle zone. Only one man, Jan Baalsrud, surrvives the attack. This is the story of his perilous journey to freedom.
Wounded, the dauntless soldier swims icy fjord waters, climbs snow-laden granite peaks, endures violent snowstorms and is hurled off a mountain by an avalanche. Fleeing the Gestapo and battling the harsh Arctic cold, Jan suffers snowblindness and frostbite. Though he possesses raw courage and an iron will, they are not enough to deliver him all the way to neutral Sweden and safety.
The people of northern Norway's Troms district step forward to assist Jan. Selflessly defying Nazi dictates, more than 60 people risk their lives to help the fugitive commando.
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Some listeners might already be familiar with this amazing true story of survival during World War II. But even armed with the general knowledge of Jan Baalsrud’s escape from the Nazis into Arctic Norway after a failed sabotage operation, nothing compares to listening to this incredible tale as it unfolds moment by moment.
Peter Altshuler performs the diligently researched Defiant Courage with a keen ear not only for Norwegian names but also for texturizing and adding life to a story. Not that the story needs much embellishment. At one point in his escape, Baalsrud had been buried under an avalanche, had amputated nine of his toes, and was snow blind. His unlikely survival remains one of the great stories of World War II.
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Inspiring and absorbing
- De A. Millard en 05-30-07
De: Slavomir Rawicz
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Alive
- The Story of the Andes Survivors
- De: Piers Paul Read
- Narrado por: Paul Ansdell
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the 45 original passengers and crew, only 16 made it off the mountain alive. For 10 excruciating weeks, they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, these men and women not only had to keep their faith; they had to make an impossible decision: Should they eat the flesh of their dead friends?
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Overall Great Read
- De Eric Ames en 06-02-21
De: Piers Paul Read
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
- A True Story of World War II
- De: Denis Avey, Rob Broomby
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the notorious concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a British POW labor camp, E715, near the site of Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could.
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Great, great story
- De Anonymous User en 08-12-11
De: Denis Avey, y otros
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Lie Down with Lions
- De: Ken Follett
- Narrado por: Eric Lincoln, Lary Bradenburg, Donald Brearley, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman.... They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing from terrorist bombs in Paris to the violence and intrigue of Afghanistan - and on to the moment of truth and a deadly decision for all of them.
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makes me want my money back
- De tannk en 09-30-08
De: Ken Follett
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We Will Not Go to Tuapse
- From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade ‘Wallonien’ 1942-45
- De: Fernand Kaisergruber
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 18 h y 40 m
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Until recent years, very little was known of the tens of thousands of foreign nationals from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain who served voluntarily in the military formations of the German army and the German Waffen-SS. In Kaisergruber's book, the listener discovers important issues of collaboration, the apparent contributions of the volunteers to the German war effort, their varied experiences, their motives, the attitude of the German High Command and bureaucracy, and the reaction to these in the occupied countries.
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Why did it end at Cherkassy?
- De DAVIS J BEAM III en 03-28-18
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Mud, Sweat, and Tears
- The Autobiography
- De: Bear Grylls
- Narrado por: Tom Patrick Stephens
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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Already a number-one London Sunday Times best seller, Mud, Sweat, and Tears is the adrenaline-fueled autobiography of the mega-popular star of the hit survival series Man vs. Wild, adventurer Bear Grylls. A former British Special Forces commando, a man who has always sought the ultimate in dangerous challenges, Bear's true story reads like an outdoors action-and-adventure novel. But Bear's story is true - full of breathtaking escapes and remarkable exploits that would make any Jack London or H. Ryder Haggard hero proud.
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Love this book
- De Aaron en 04-07-13
De: Bear Grylls
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Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
- De: Janet Benge, Geoff Benge
- Narrado por: Rebecca Gallagher
- Duración: 4 h y 44 m
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This is the powerful story of Gladys Aylward. Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, Gladys raised her own finances for the overland trip that would bring her to the country and people that God had etched so deeply on her heart.... China! What follows is an amazing adventure of faith and determination. Gladys Aylward, a housemaid from England, dared to trust God in the face of dire and seemingly hopeless circumstances. Her amazing adventure of faith and determination is one of the truly great missionary stories of our era.
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Good book for youth
- De Jackie O. en 01-05-15
De: Janet Benge, y otros
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The Hundred-Year Walk
- An Armenian Odyssey
- De: Dawn Anahid MacKeen
- Narrado por: Neil Shah, Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
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In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation of Armenians into internment camps. Gradually realizing the unthinkable - that they are all being driven to their deaths - he fights, through starvation and thirst, not to lose hope.
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Everything a memoir should be. You will enjoy it!
- De Jakk en 02-19-18
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Guernica
- A Novel
- De: Dave Boling
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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Calling to mind such timeless war-and-love classics as Corelli's Mandolin and The English Patient, Guernica is a transporting novel that thrums with the power of storytelling and is peopled with characters driven by grit and heart.
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Guernica a good historical novel
- De ARLEENE en 04-26-11
De: Dave Boling
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Worlds of Exile and Illusion
- Three Complete Novels of the Hainish Series in One Volume—Rocannon's World; Planet of Exile; City of Illusions
- De: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch, Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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Three remarkable journeys into the stars: Worlds of Exile and Illusion includes Rocannon's World, Planet of Exile, and City of Illusions. These three spacefaring adventures mark the beginning of grand master Ursula K. Le Guin’s remarkable career. Set in the same universe as Le Guin’s groundbreaking classics The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed, these first three books of the celebrated Hainish series follow travelers of many worlds and civilizations in the depths of space.
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Unique
- De Daryn en 02-19-25
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Behind Enemy Lines
- The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
- De: Marthe Cohn, Wendy Holden
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe's sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army.
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Amazing story of a fighter and survivor
- De Magalie Busch en 05-06-19
De: Marthe Cohn, y otros
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A Wretched and Precarious Situation
- In Search of the Last Arctic Frontier
- De: David Welky
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
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A remarkable true story of adventure, betrayal, and survival set in one of the world's most inhospitable places. In 1906, from atop a snow-swept hill in the ice fields northwest of Greenland, hundreds of miles from another human being, Commander Robert E. Peary spotted a line of mysterious peaks looming in the distance. He called this unexplored realm "Crocker Land". Scientists and explorers agreed that the world-famous explorer had discovered a new continent rising from the frozen Arctic Ocean.
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it all comes together at the end
- De Kat en 01-30-18
De: David Welky
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Against the Ice
- The Classic Arctic Survival Story
- De: Ejnar Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - foreword, Maurice Michael - translator
- Narrado por: Tristan Wright
- Duración: 7 h y 17 m
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Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910 he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Peary’s outline of the East Greenland coast was a myth, erroneous and presumably self-serving. Iver Iversen was a mechanic who joined Mikkelsen in Iceland when the expedition’s boat needed repair.
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Accent
- De Sarabeth en 03-03-22
De: Ejnar Mikkelsen, y otros
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Poland, 1939. Professional photographer Wilhelm Brasse is deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and finds himself in a deadly race to survive, assigned to work as the camp's intake photographer and take "identity pictures" of prisoners as they arrive by the trainload. The Auschwitz Photographer takes listeners behind the barbed wire fences of the world's most feared concentration camp, bringing Brasse's story to life as he clicks the shutter button thousands of times before ultimately joining the Resistance, defying the Nazis, and defiantly setting down his camera for good.
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In late 1944 the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. As soldiers, sailors, and marines were herded into shallow air raid shelters, Japanese soldiers doused them with gasoline and set them on fire. By the next morning, only 11 men were left alive - but their desperate journey to freedom had just begun.
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A question of compassion.
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Brzeziny, Poland, 1939. Zofia's comfortable lifestyle overturns when her husband, Jabez, who monitors Nazi activity, has gone missing. Rather than fleeing the country with her young son, as she had promised Jabez who is fearing retaliation, she decides to stay. She cannot possibly leave her friend, Aanya. Since their childhood they have amazed fellow Brzeziners that it does not matter that Aanya is Jewish and deaf, and that Zofia is Catholic and hearing. Now, more than ever with war looming, Zofia will do whatever is necessary to protect her family and Aanya.
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Outstanding
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- Just Me
- 02-23-22
Amazon book with an espectacular narrator
Got this book after I watched the movie. Could start reading by myself, so I decided to hear the audio. The narrator was incredible, he made me feel every page he read. I absolutely love the book more than the movie because of him.
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- Daniel Loring Maddux
- 06-03-22
Excellent, old-school story
The tone of this book reminded me of 1950s America, before Nam and endless scandals stole our innocence.
The subject matter is first rate. The heroic soldier certainly inspired me not to whine about my little physical problems. I’ve been recommending this one to everyone I know who uses Audible.
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- J. Johnson
- 05-01-20
Gripping story of courage and love
What a powerful story of courage... so thoroughly researched and artfully crafted. I had a difficult time putting it down. For days I lived and dreamed the story I had listened to. Captivating.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-19-22
Epic war story
I liked this true story of another aspect of WW2.
Felt frozen most of the time from author's descriptions of snow and wind!
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- Dave Brandt
- 03-30-24
Great untold story.
A well read and very interesting story. Amazing courage from all involved in Jan’s escape.
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- Stephen
- 10-30-23
what a great story
insane stuff happened in this situation during world War 2 incredible story telling that will leave you wanting more
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- Hans Rigelman
- 02-18-17
The Courage of a Community to Rescue One Man
This is a great story and Audible has done another outstanding job with the audio version of this book.
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- Thomas Le Min
- 11-13-21
The 12th Man
This is an excellent tale of one man’s incredibly dangerous mission to Norway during WWII and the unspeakable pain, fear, and loneliness he endured while evading the Gestapo who were searching for him.
The book also describes in detail how so many ordinary Norwegian men, women, and even young adults and children who aided and comforted him despite the knowledge that they would be killed if it was ever discovered that they had helped him.
The narrator does a wonderful job with this book. He is very easy to listen to and does a good job pronouncing many Norwegian and German words.
Finally, the Netflix movie “The 12th Man” is based on this epic tale.
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- Cathy Bowden
- 11-21-23
Norwegian’s
I love this story. It’s different than the movie that has the title the 12th man. I am Norwegian, and whenever I feel like I am failing, don’t have the omph to get up and do something I listen to this, or watch the movie. It is one of the most amazing stories of perseverance ever. I am so grateful to know of this story, and to be able to share it to friends.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-19-22
A “page turner”
I could not put this book down it was so captivating and had me on the edge of my seat throughout. So glad you offered it and hope that other people listen to it and learn a little bit more history about World War II, Norway, Germany, and the goodness of people. It’s also an encouragement to push on no matter how severe the pain or difficulties!
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