The decision to sink the barge in the middle of the lake (at the deepest
point) was tough on the team as they knew the barge would doom the 20-30
innocent civilians traveling on it that night. keeping the nuclear bomb
away from Hitler should have earned that team a Nobel Prize (or
something), IMO.
The damage he would have done is hard to imagine. But I understand
later the intelligent teams determined hitler was not as close to
developing the Bomb as they had once thought. seems he was at least 5
years behind the US. IIRC.
Larry
On 07/24/2018 11:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Th*ere was also a documentary I saw about the destruction of the Norsk
Hydro heavy water plant that was contributing to an atomic program the
Nazis had*.
Also a fine feature film starring Kirk Douglas titled "The Heroes of
Telemark". I spent a summer in Telemark doing geological mapping. The
owner of the local hotel was a leader of the team that sank the barge
transporting the heavy water. He was a local and national hero for Norway.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
My daughter got me a book called "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare".
https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Ungentlemanly-Warfare-
Churchills-Warriors/dp/1681443929. about the guerillas and saboteurs that
the Brits had in WW2, and the story of how they came to be and the missions
they accomplished. It is a delightful read, very engaging, I'm sure many
of you would really enjoy it.
Netflix also has a short series on modern day folks going through similar
training as to what these guys did back then, it is a bit contrived but
somewhat diverting. https://www.netflix.com/title/80195811
There was also a documentary I saw about the destruction of the Norsk
Hydro heavy water plant that was contributing to an atomic program the
Nazis had.
The Heavy Water War | Netflix
<https://www.netflix.com/no-en/title/80073754>
i think it might be deleted now
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