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02911aam a22004818i 4500 001 3B0D45667DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190524010021 008 180329t20182018ctua 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017048256 020 $a 1493032941 020 $a 9781493032945 035 $a (OCoLC)993649741 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d EXR $d YDX $d OCLCF $d NZWPM $d IGA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-st $a e-uk--- $a e-uk-st 050 00 $a D779.N6 $b H62 2018 082 00 $a 940.54/59481 $2 23 100 1 $a Howarth, David Armine, $d 1912-1991, $e author. 245 14 $a The Shetland bus : $b a WWII epic of courage, endurance, and survival / $c David Howarth. 263 $a 1802 264 1 $a Guilford, Connecticut : $b Lyons Press, $c [2018] 300 $a vii, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Approximate pronunciation of some proper names -- The beginning of the saga -- across to Norway -- Air attack -- Shipwreck -- Domestic affairs -- Storm -- Two skippers -- Raid on Lofoten -- Life at Lunna -- Summer refit -- Big game -- Successes and tragedies -- Man-hunt in Lapland -- The loss of the Bergholm. 520 $a "From the author of We Die Alone, The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue refugees--all under constant threat by German U-boats and winter storms. The occupation in the spring of 1940 crippled Britain's ability to gather intelligence information. After the Germans invaded Norway, many Norwegians knew that small boats were constantly sailing from the Shetland Islands to land weapons, supplies, and agents and to rescue refugees. In The Shetland Bus, David Howarth, who was second in command of the Shetland base, recounts the many, many trips made by fishing boats in the dark of Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught"---Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, Norwegian. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z Norway. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, British. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Shetland. $z Shetland. 650 7 $a Underground movements, War. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355184 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Naval. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / World War II. $2 bisacsh 651 7 $a Norway $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204556 651 7 $a Scotland $z Shetland. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01215050 941 $a 3 952 $l EMPB715 $d 20230901160400.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20220721010502.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20220628010802.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B0D45667DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search