Description
| Product ID: | 9781472827678 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Raid |
| Title: | Heroes of Telemark |
| Subtitle: | Sabotaging Hitler's atomic bomb, Norway 1942–44 |
| Authors: | Author: David Greentree, Peter Dennis, Mark Stacey |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Second World War, Special and elite forces, War and defence operations, Second World War, Special & elite forces, War & defence operations, Norway, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Fought by tough Norwegian skiers and survivalists, this book describes the famous World War II Commando raids that sabotaged a German nuclear facility in the freezing depths of Norway, ensuring Nazi Germany could not produce an atomic bomb. In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertilizer plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium for nuclear weapons. When the Germans overran Norway the entire stock had been smuggled out of the country, but the plant was intact and soon producing heavy water again, destined for the German nuclear program. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-11-29 |
