The Twelfth Man [Archive]

Three44s

11-23-2021, 01:16 AM

Scene from The Twelfth Man:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=H74IrEv07Oc&feature=emb_title

A remake of a true story of this mans ordeal:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baalsrud

I read this as “We Die Alone” in High School. In Norway it is called “Nine Lives” and now the remake, The Twelfth Man

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Gewehr-Guy

11-23-2021, 02:37 PM

Incredible story. I don't think many of our current generations can compare to the men that won WW2.

Three44s

11-24-2021, 12:25 AM

Yes, a real hair raiser!

Most folks do not know this but Norway was very important to Hitler strategically.

There were the sub pens in Trondheim and the Heavy Water project. Kirk Douglas starred in a movie about the Commando raid on the Heavy Water enterprise.

Here is some thing on the Heavy Water raid:

https://www.damninteresting.com/heavy-water-and-the-norwegians/

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