A review by tanyarobinson
We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth

4.0

We Die Alone is World War II Norway's version of Lone Survivor. Written shortly after the war, it tells the story of Jan Baalsrud's unlikely survival in the far northern fjords and mountains after his commando group was wiped out while trying to infiltrate Nazi-occupied Norway. Like Marcus Latrell, Jan was stranded in a harsh environment and completely dependent on the local population to smuggle him to safety. That he eventually made it to Sweden and finally London after such extensive subzero exposure is nearly unbelievable.

I had no idea the Germans had any presence on the Northern coast of Scandinavia, but I now understand that this was the route to crucial Russian Arctic ports. I enjoyed this book because it dealt with a part of World War II which was totally new to me.