War Sailor — Norway
Norwegian merchant sailor Alfred Garnes returns to Bergen between voyages — separated from his family for years, the series follows the forgotten human cost of Norway's merchant fleet on ordinary families.
Norway's merchant fleet of 1,000 ships and 30,000 sailors was placed under Allied command after the German invasion. It became the fourth-largest Allied merchant fleet, carrying 40% of Allied oil shipments. Over 4,700 Norwegian merchant sailors were killed — the highest per-capita wartime death rate of any single Allied group. They received no veterans' pensions after the war.