Alf Jacobsen: 2 books
Death at Dawn
Captain Warburton-Lee VC and the Battle of Narvik, April 1940
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Hitler's desperate need for iron ore was the main reason for his attack on Norway in April 1940. The battle for Narvik's ice-free harbor soon became a crucial objective for both Allied and Axis forces. Attack at Dawn covers the two key battles that fought on 10th and 13th of April. The first battle...
Miracle at the Litza
Hitler's First Defeat on the Eastern Front
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017
In the early summer of 1941 German mountain soldiers under the command of General Eduard Dietl set out in northern Norway up through Finland to the Russian border. Operation Silberfuchs was underway. The northernmost section of the Eastern Front would ensure Hitler supplies of nickel from Finnish...