bgg616's review against another edition
5.0
I am not usually a fan of war stories but was interested in this book because of its connection to Shetland. The books starts somewhat slowly describing all the technical aspects of running Norwegian fishing boats from Shetland to Norway under the noses of the Nazis. The sheer impossibility of what they did amazed me. The stories of the boats that didn't make it and what happened to those men were tragic but fascinating. Towards the end I couldn't put the book down in order to read the story of a single survivor who somehow made it to Sweden, walking up and down steep mountains, suffering frostbite and evading the Nazis who looking for him high and low. The bravery of the men on the boats and the Norwegians who were occupied by the Nazis was astounding. It is estimated that this whole part of the war led to diverting tens of thousands of Nazi soldiers to Norway and shortened the war by possibly two years. An amazing tale. I can't wait to return to Shetland and visit the museum there on The Shetland Bus.
ingridgy's review against another edition
5.0
I have been struggling to find information on my great-uncle, William Enoksen, and this book gave me a great view of what he did during ww2. Greatly written and researched.
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