The Sledge Patrol - Hardcover

Howarth, David J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0859976270 ISBN 13: 9780859976275

Publisher: Firecrest Pub., 1986

Synopsis

In 1942 the German trawler Sachsen set sail. Heavily armed and equipped, their mission was to set up a weather station in eastern Greenland and plug the gap in German reporting. Seven men stood against them. Using dogsleds to patrol 500 miles of the forbidding coast of eastern Greenland, their wartime mission was to guard against Nazi infiltration. It was a thankless and boring task in the freezing arctic conditions until they discovered a footprint on Sabine island. There followed one of the most thrilling stories of adventure of the Second World War, a tale of a silent chase and fight against a vastly superior enemy up and down the coast of Greenland and one of the most remarkable and important Allied victories of the war.

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Review

"An amazing tale of perilous adventure ... vibrant with life and fear and the sense of momentous events in the making." -Chicago Tribune "Simply and honestly written; it conveys the true spell of the Arctic ... Spellbinding-Kirkus Reviews "[A] chronicle of war action and tense adventure ... Mr. Howarth writes about the Far North with a sure appreciation of its harmony and beauty ... The Sledge Patrol is the story of one of the great adventures of World War II."

About the Author

David Howarth served as a British naval officer during World War II, running the Norwegian-manned spy ring whose name became the title of his first best-selling book. The author of two dozen major works of history, including We Die Alone and The Shetland Bus, he died in 1991.

Edition details

• Publisher: Firecrest Pub.
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859976270
• ISBN 13: 9780859976275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240