December 9th is the birthday of Maximo Guillermo “Max” Manus. (Born 1914.) He was was one of the few Norwegians who frequently put his life on the line, fighting the Nazi occupiers. (There surely would have been more active resistance fighters, but fearing widespread reprisal executions by the Germans, King H7 asked the civilian populace to stand down.) Max Manus passed away in 1996. His exploits are fairly accurately shown in the movie Max Manus: Man of War
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