After fighting the communists in Finland, Max Manus returns to Norway, currently occupied by the Nazis. He joins with the Norwegian resistance movement in their fight against the Germans but is arrested. He manages to escape to England where he receives training before being sent back to Norway to do various sabotage missions against occupational force.
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Max Manus (Maximo Guillermo Manus) DSO, MC & Bar (December 9, 1914 in Bergen – September 20, 1996 in Spain) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.
After fighting as a volunteer in the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of 1939/1940, he returned to Norway on the day of the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940. He was one of the pioneers in the Norwegian resistance movement, and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941. He escaped to England for training and went back as a saboteur for the Norwegian Independent Company 1, better known as the Linge Kompaniet. He became a specialist in ship sabotage and sank ships that were important for the German Kriegsmarine using limpet mines, including the D/S Monte Rosa in 1944 and the D/S Donau on January 16, 1945. Max Manus ended the war as a 1st Lieutenant (Løytnant).
He was famous for being one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II, and after the war he wrote several books about his adventures. After the war, he started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.
He was awarded Norways's highest decoration for military gallantry, the Krigskorset med Sverd or War Cross with sword. He was awarded this decoration twice: the War Cross with two swords. In addition to his Norwegian decorations, Manus received the British Military Cross and bar.
He lived in Spain for the final years of his life and died in 1996.
After fighting as a volunteer in the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of 1939/1940, he returned to Norway on the day of the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940. He was one of the pioneers in the Norwegian resistance movement, and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941. He escaped to England for training and went back as a saboteur for the Norwegian Independent Company 1, better known as the Linge Kompaniet. He became a specialist in ship sabotage and sank ships that were important for the German Kriegsmarine using limpet mines, including the D/S Monte Rosa in 1944 and the D/S Donau on January 16, 1945. Max Manus ended the war as a 1st Lieutenant (Løytnant).
He was famous for being one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II, and after the war he wrote several books about his adventures. After the war, he started the successful office supply company Max Manus AS.
He was awarded Norways's highest decoration for military gallantry, the Krigskorset med Sverd or War Cross with sword. He was awarded this decoration twice: the War Cross with two swords. In addition to his Norwegian decorations, Manus received the British Military Cross and bar.
He lived in Spain for the final years of his life and died in 1996.
Viens de couvrir ce film comme un gros nul...j'ai raté le tournage et le film sort quand je rentre
En tout cas après, le super Flame and Citron, avec Mads en hitman de la résistance (faut que je le revois, j'en parlerais plus tard avec d'autre truc), celui ci a l'air excellent!
