Alf R. Jacobsen

Nickel, iron and blood

Nikkel, jern og blod

Genre: Non-Fiction
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Year: 2006

Nickel, Iron and Blood is a new, sensational book from Alf. R. Jacobsen, written in the same compact and engaging style as his previous depictions of the drama in the northernmost provinces during the Second World War. This time the author tells us how the battle at the Northern cap of Norway was a fight to gain control over strategically important raw materials and shipping lines – not to mention the very important nickel deposits. He also describes the breakdown of the German High Sea Fleets in the northernmost parts of the Norwegian fjords as well as the Laplander army’s defeat. This book is based on eyewitness accounts and documents that have never previously been published.

Nickel, Iron and Blood is the last and summing up book in Alf R. Jacobsens description of the Second World Wars development in the northernmost areas

Aschehoug 2006

A former investigative journalist in the fields of finance and political surveillance, Alf R. Jacobsen has served as head of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s Brennpunkt team, which is similarly devoted to in-depth investigation of topical issues. In 1998 he was awarded the Riverton Prize, the Norwegian equivalent of the Silver Dagger, for his crime novel Kharg. He has written both fiction books and documentaries.

PREVIOUS TITLES ON WORLD WAR II:
Scharnhorst, 2001
Banesår (Mortal Wound), 2003
Til siste slutt (Until the Bitter End), 2004
Rød August (Red August), 2005

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