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David Howarth


Born
in The United Kingdom
July 28, 1912

Died
July 02, 1991

Genre
History


David Armine Howarth (1912 - 1991) was a British historian and author. After graduating from Cambridge University, he was a radio war correspondent for BBC at the start of the Second World War, joining the Navy after the fall of France. He rose to the rank of lieutenant commander and spent four yeas in the Shetland Islands, becoming second in command of the Shetland Naval base. He was involved in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), including the Shetland Bus, an SOE operation manned by Norwegians running a clandestine route between Shetland and Norway, which utilized fishing boats with crews of Norwegian volunteers to land agents and arms in occupied Norway. For his contributions to espionage operations against the German occupation of ...more

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The Shetland Bus
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Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch
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The Voyage of the Armada: T...
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“...But he had great faith in the idea that if you are ready to give up everything to the solution of any problem, you will always find an answer.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
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“If I live, you will live, and if they kill you I will have died to protect you.”
― David Howarth, We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
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“old truth that a man may never compromise with evil.”
― David Howarth, The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Victory
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