Assault in Norway: The True Story of the Telemark Raid
Fully illustrated with stunning new commissioned artwork, this is the thrilling story of the daring Norwegian-led SOE raid that prevented Hitler from building an atomic bomb.
Fully illustrated with stunning new commissioned artwork, this is the thrilling story of the daring Norwegian-led SOE raid that prevented Hitler from building an atomic bomb.
Assault in Norway recalls the intrigue found in such wartime classics as David Howarth’s We Die Alone and The Sledge Patrol, and the mission it recounts inspired the 1965 Hollywood film The Heroes of Telemark.
Ray Mears shows how the success of a vital World War II mission depended on survival skills.
... of London on the Salisbury Plain. The thirty-six-year-old had a trim mustache and a face hardened by his war experiences in France. Inside the hut were men from two field companies of the Royal Engineers. Before they'd enlisted, ...
Tungtvannsanlegget er avgjørende for den tyske krigsmaktens arbeid med å fremstille atombomben. Jens-Anton Poulsson (f. 1918) kom med i Kompani Linge høsten 1941.
Skis Against the Atom
The book concludes with an overall assessment of the importance and the perceived importance of heavy water for the German program, which alone staked everything on heavy water in its quest for a nuclear chain reaction.
The exciting, first-hand account of heroism and daring sabotage during the Nazi occupation of Norway.