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Jan Baalsrud (Oslo, 13 dicembre 1917 – Kongsvinger, 30 dicembre 1988) è stato un militare norvegese
Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, MBE (13 December 1917 – 30 December 1988) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British during World War II.
Jan Baalsrud, il dodicesimo commando, sfugge alla cattura nazista nascondendosi e nuotando attraverso il gelido fiordo, a temperature sotto lo zero. La sua fuga miracolosa lo porta ad affrontare prove fisiche estreme, tra la neve e il freddo pungente.
16 mar 2016 · On March 29, 1943, with the brutal Norwegian winter not yet waning, Jan Baalsrud and 11 commandos and crewmen slipped into a secluded cove in the northern fjords.
29 nov 2017 · On March 24, 1943, Baalsrud and 11 others boarded a fishing boat, the Brattholm, and set off for Norway. Their mission was two-fold. To destroy a German air control tower at Bardufoss, and to recruit Norwegian resistance fighters.
5 set 2022 · In late March 1943 25-year-old Norwegian commando Jan Baalsrud, three other Special Operations Executive officers and a crew of eight sailed northeast from the Shetland Islands aboard the fishing boat Brattholm.
Only Jan Baalsrud, the 12th man, managed to get away, escaping across Nord-Troms from 30 March to 1 June. With the help of many locals, he managed to reach Sweden, but not entirely intact, as he was forced to amputate most of his toes because of frostbite he developed while in a snow cave.
