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  • Heroes of Telemark

    Sabotaging Hitler's atomic bomb, Norway 1942–44

    Series Book 50 - Raid
    In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertiliser 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 ... Read more

    RM 69.59

  • Knight’s Move

    The Hunt for Marshal Tito 1944

    Series Book 32 - Raid
    On 25 May 1944, 800 men of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion descended on Drvar, a town behind enemy lines in north-western Bosnia.Their aim was to kill or capture Tito, the leader of the partisan movement in the region. The plan was to land the battalion by glider and parachute in two waves which would be relieved the next day by a ground assault. Tito knew an attack was imminent but dismissed the ... Read more

    RM 69.59

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