But in February 1943, the Allies tried yet again to sabotage the Nazi’s atomic bomb effort in a mission known as Operation Gunnerside. “I was a training officer in sabotage and demolition up ...

What makes the mission so noteworthy ... Known as Operation Gunnerside, the overall parent project was named The Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage. Yes, you read that correctly, heavy water.

After handing them their suicide capsules, Norwegian Royal Army Colonel Leif Tronstad informed his soldiers, “I cannot tell you why this mission is so important, but if you succeed, it will live ...

He is shown here with members of the Gunnerside mission. The head of German forces in Norway, General Falkenhorst, called the attack on Vemork "a brilliant coup." Today, the plant serves as the ...

Hitler's attempt to win the nuclear weapons race was thwarted. The mission was codenamed Operation Gunnerside and was immortalised in 1965 film The Heroes of Telemark. Last week ...

Feb. 28 marks the 75th anniversary of Operation Gunnerside, and though it hasn’t yet been 100 years, the memory of this successful Norwegian mission remains strong both within Norway and beyond.

Lt. Joachim Ronneberg, who at the age of 23 led a cadre of soldiers on a stealth mission to sabotage a critical Nazi-controlled hydroelectric plant in Operation Gunnerside, has died at 99 ...

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