Against All Odds: Finnish Ski Troops in WWII

by William Burr

It is 1936 when Suzi joins the American Ski Team and competes in the Winter Olympic games in Nazi Germany, wins third place in the combined event, and is frowned on by Hitler because she is a Jew. Years later, she is recruited to assist the outnumbered Finnish ski troops in their desperate fight against overwhelming Russian armies invading Finland. Fighting side by side with local hunters and farmers, plus a few volunteers, she struggles against horrendous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1532737637
• ISBN13: 9781532737633
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"