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Genre/Form: | History Military history Nonfiction |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
David Lampe; Birger Riis-Jørgensen |
ISBN: | 9781848325746 1848325746 9781611450637 1611450632 9781628723717 1628723718 |
OCLC Number: | 707826839 |
Notes: | "The savage canary : the story of resistance in Denmark was first published by Cassell & Company ... London in 1957. This edition contains a revised plate section and a new foreword by Birger Riis-Jørgensen, ambassador at the Embassy of Denmark in London"--Title page verso. |
Description: | xvi, 237 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Paper bullets -- The deserters -- Under a postage stamp -- Two thousand bangs -- According to plan -- "J.J. has been caught" -- Exodus -- Exporting a genius -- Liquidation -- Strike! -- The canary's voice -- The island -- The Kattegat Bridge -- The secretary and the pastor -- The Smørrebrød raid -- "Greetings to Christian" -- The Battle of Jutland -- The men in the attic -- The shell house raid -- The greatest escape -- The sound -- A good night's sleep. |
Responsibility: | David Lampe ; foreword by Birger Riis-Jørgensen. |
Abstract:
"After Adolph Hitler made plans to create a "model protectorate" out of Denmark, Winston Churchill predicted the nation would become the Fuhrer's tame canary. Isolated from the Allies and fueled only by a sense of human decency and national pride, the Danes created an extraordinary resistance movement that proved a relentless thorn in the Nazis' side. German troops were stymied again and again by the sabotage of railways and airbases and some 7,000 Jews were carried to safety in Sweden. They were not soldiers--they were simply ordinary citizens who refused to stand idly by and witness an atrocity. The story of their selfless courage and daring should inspire countless future generations. 8 black-and-white photographs."--Publisher description.
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