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The Heroes of Telemark and the Norwegian Destruction of Hitler’s Nuclear Weapons Program. Volume Seven, Episode One (Part One)

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Shortly after the conquest of Norway by Nazi Germany, Allied intelligence determined that an electrical plant at Rjukan, Norway was providing a crucial element in a potential German atomic bomb. As a result, Norwegian commandos embarked on one of the most successful and heroic operations of World War II.

Norsk Hydro Plant, Vemork
Leif Tronstad, 1944
Heavy water manufactured at Vemork
British glider being towed by a bomber
Reichskommisar Josef Terboven
General Nicholas Von Falkenhorst
SS official Friedrich Fehlis

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The Heroes of Telemark and the Norwegian Destruction of Hitler’s Atomic Weapons Program. Volume Seven, Episode One. (Part Two)

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Shortly after the conquest of Norway by Nazi Germany, Allied intelligence determined that an electrical plant at Rjukan, Norway was providing a crucial element in a potential German atomic bomb. As a result, Norwegian commandos embarked on one of the most successful and heroic operations of World War II.

Leif Transtad with King Haakon VII in Britain in 1944.
Lake Tinnsjo, site of the Hydro ferry sinking
The ferry SF Hydro and railroad track that led to Vemork, 1935
King Haakon VII congratulating surviving commandos from left: Knut Haukelid, Joachim Ronneborg, Jens Anton Poullson and Kasper Idland

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