Minnesota Spy Club<p>This documentary (in Norwegian with English subtitles) tells the story of Operation Martin and Jan Baalsrud’s escape. It includes interviews with Baalsrud and others. (5/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoiUG0x9yjc&t=451s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=eoiUG0x9yj</span><span class="invisible">c&t=451s</span></a></p>
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Minnesota Spy Club<p>He had a harrowing 2 month journey fleeing to neutral Sweden. Along the way, he was buried in an avalanche, amputated his own frostbitten toes, battled starvation, & went snowblind. He eventually made it to safety. (4/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/gr</span><span class="invisible">eat-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>He swam several hundred meters through ice water, bullets whizzing about him. One bullet sheared off a big toe. He lost a boot yet ran barefoot through the snow into a gully where he killed a German Gestapo officer with his pistol. (3/5)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baalsrud" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Baal</span><span class="invisible">srud</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Their boat was attacked by a German patrol ship. Baalsrud & his team blew up their boat with 8 tons of explosives & tried to escape in a dingy, but the German’s sank it. (2/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/norwegian-jan-baalsrud.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">warhistoryonline.com/instant-a</span><span class="invisible">rticles/norwegian-jan-baalsrud.html</span></a></p>
Minnesota Spy Club<p>Mar 24, 1943: On this date in 1943, Norwegian Special Operations Executive operative Jan Baalsrud & 11 others entered Norway on a fishing boat to destroy a German air control tower & to recruit Norwegians to the resistance. (Operation Martin) They were betrayed to the Germans on 3/29. (1/5) </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a></p><p><a href="https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/gr</span><span class="invisible">eat-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/</span></a></p>
CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EuropeanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SOE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOE</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
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