First Comes Courage - The Commandos Author:Elliot Arnold This book is a WWII war drama-romance. "First Comes Courage" was based on "The Commandos," a novel by Elliot Arnold. It was made into a movie the same year. — Nicole Larsen, a member of the Norwegian resistance. To obtain important war information, Nicole romances Nazi major Paul Dichter, enduring the slings and arrows of those villagers unaware ... more »of her motives. Her mission is further complicated when she is reunited with British commando Allan Lowell, with whom she'd had a prewar affair. Forced to choose between love and duty, Nicole makes the only decision possible under the circumstances.« less