جنگ در شمال 80: آخرین ایستگاه آب و هوایی آلمانی در قطب شمال در جنگ جهانی دوم وِترترُپ هاودِگن، یک اکسپدیشن آلمانی در قطب شمال 1944/45

War North of 80 is the personal story of Wilhelm Dege, the leader of the last active German weather station of World War II, code named "Operation Haudegen." In an effort to secure weather data vital for military operations in northwestern Europe during World War II, the German Navy and Air Force secretly established manned weather stations in East Greenland, Svalbard, and Franz Josef Land. Translated from the German by William Barr, War North of 80 describes the mission and its participants from its beginning until they were picked up by Allied troops on May 9, 1945, the last German troops to surrender. Deges lively writing describes not just the official weather observation program but also the recreational activities, the ambitious series of hikes around Nordaustlandet, and the hopes and fears of the group as they followed the increasingly dire war situation in Europe. With a detailed introduction, Barrs translation offers English-speaking readers a rare glimpse into the Germans activities in the Arctic during the Second World War. An epilogue by Ekart Dege, Wilhelms son, offers insight into the various fates of the expedition members who worked alongside his father. 1. Preparations -- 2. Wartime Voyage To Tromso : In Ramfjorden -- 3. Running The Gauntlet To Svalbard -- 4. The Landing And Erection Of The Station At Wordiebukta -- 5. Circumnavigation Of Nordaustlandet -- 6. Establishing The Station And Departure Of Our Assistants -- 7. Winter Preparations -- 8. A Fall Hike To Duvefjorden -- 9. Of Bears And Reindeer -- 10. Our Official Work -- 11. The Night Of 126 Days -- 12. An Excitement-filled Spring -- 13. We Capture Bear Cubs -- 14. Spring Journeys -- 15. The Sledge Trip To The Northeast -- 16. The Lost Detachment -- 17. A Strange Surrender -- 18. Stormy Voyage Into Captivity -- 19. Winding Up The Expedition -- App. I. Hostilities In Svalbard -- App. Ii. Automatic Weather Stations -- App. Iii. Life After Haudegen -- App. Iv. Wettertrupp Haudegen : Forty Years Later -- App. Iv. New Place Names. Wilhelm Dege ; Translated From The German And Edited By William Barr. Translation Of: Wettertrupp Haudegen, Eine Deutsche Arktisexpedition 1944/45. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. ""Operation Haudegen" was the code name for a search established weather station located in a remote corner of Svalbard, in the High Arctic, during the winter of 1944-45. During World War II, the German Navy and Air Force set up this and other weather stations in the farthest readers of the Arctic, from eastern Greenland to Franz Josef Land, to gather and monitor vital weather data needed for German military operations in northwestern Europe." "War North of 80 is the personal story of Wilhelm Dege, leader of the last of these stations who, along with his team, was left behind in this desolate land when the Hitler regime crumbled and the war ended in 1945. It was not until later that year, in September, that the Allies sent a ship northward to retrieve Dege and his crew, thus making Dege's team the last German troops to surrender."--Jacket Dege was leader of a German weather station in a remote corner of Svalbard during the winter of 1944-45. It was secret, because the Allies were trying to prevent the Germans from tracking weather in the north. Though he and his crew knew the war had ended, it was not until May 1945 that the Allies sent a vessel north to fetch them; thus they were the last German troops to surrender. His account was published in German in 1954, and his here translated by William Barr, a historian of Arctic exploration. The English edition incorporates material from his typescript that was not included in the original. It is co-published with the Arctic Institute of North America and the University Press of Colorado, and distributed in the US by Michigan State University Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)