The Heavy Water Raid
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The Heavy Water Raid
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Author : Jens Anton Poulsson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Heavy Water Raid written by Jens Anton Poulsson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
The Heavy Water Raid
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Author : John Dorman Drummond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Heavy Water Raid written by John Dorman Drummond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Atomic bomb categories.
An account of the events that occured during the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.
Assault In Norway
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Author : Thomas Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Assault In Norway written by Thomas Gallagher and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with History categories.
“An exciting and dramatic episode.”—Library Journal “Cliff-hanging suspense.”—Christian Science Monitor Assault in Norway is the classic account of a legendary raid on the Nazi war program. By 1942 Germany had a seemingly insurmountable lead over the Allies in developing an atomic bomb. Contributing to this situation was its access to a crucial ingredient: “heavy water,” found in great abundance at a fortresslike factory in occupied Norway. Allied hopes of stalling the Nazi nuclear program soon focused on sabotaging the cliffside plant—a suicidal mission. But a team of brave Norwegian exiles, trained in Britain, infiltrated their homeland and, hiding in the wilds, awaited the opportunity to launch one of the war's most daring commando raids. Basing his gripping narrative in large part on interviews with the commandos themselves, Thomas Gallagher recounts in vivid detail the planning and execution of Operation Gunnerside. Assault in Norway recalls the intrigue found in such wartime classics as David Howarth's We Die Alone and The Sledge Patrol, and the mission it recounts inspired the 1965 Hollywood film The Heroes of Telemark.
Operation Freshman
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Author : Richard Wiggan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Operation Freshman written by Richard Wiggan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Angrebet, der blev udført med 2 glidere trukket af Halifax-fly, endte i en tragedie. 1 fly og 2 glidere havererede, og de overlevende blev henrettet i henhold til en netop modtaget hemmelig "Führerbefehl".
The Heavy Water War
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Author : John Sadler
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2024-01-15
The Heavy Water War written by John Sadler and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with History categories.
If Hitler had succeeded in developing a nuclear bomb, that could have been both the end of the Second World War and of civilisation as we know it. A handful of commandos stopped him.
Heavy Water And The Wartime Race For Nuclear Energy
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Author : Per F Dahl
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Heavy Water And The Wartime Race For Nuclear Energy written by Per F Dahl and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Science categories.
Heavy water (deuterium oxide) played a sinister role in the race for nuclear energy during the World War II. It was a key factor in Germany's bid to harness atomic energy primarily as a source of electric power; its acute shortage was a factor in Japan's decision not to pursue seriously nuclear weaponry; its very existence was a nagging thorn in the side of the Allied powers. Books and films have dwelt on the Allies' efforts to deny the Germans heavy water by military means; however, a history of heavy water has yet to be written. Filling this gap, Heavy Water and the Wartime Race for Nuclear Energy concentrates on the circumstances whereby Norway became the preeminent producer of heavy water and on the scientific role the rare isotope of hydrogen played in the wartime efforts by the Axis and Allied powers alike. Instead of a purely technical treatise on heavy water, the book describes the social history of the subject. The book covers the discovery and early uses of deuterium before World War II and its large-scale production by Norsk Hydro in Norway, especially under German control. It also discusses the French-German race for the Norwegian heavy-water stocks in 1940 and heavy water's importance for the subsequent German uranium project, including the Allied sabotage and bombing of the Norwegian plants, as well as its lesser role in Allied projects, especially in the United States and Canada. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the importance and the perceived importance of heavy water for the German program, which alone staked everything on heavy water in its quest for a nuclear chain reaction.
The Winter Fortress
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Author : Neal Bascomb
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-05
The Winter Fortress written by Neal Bascomb and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with History categories.
It's 1942 and the Nazis are racing to build an atomic bomb. They have the physicists, but they don't have enough 'heavy water' – essential for their nuclear designs. For two years, the Nazis have occupied Norway, and with it the Vemork hydroelectric plant, the world's sole supplier of heavy water. Under threat of death, its engineers push production into overtime. For the Allies, Vemork must be destroyed. But how could they reach the plant, high in a mountainous valley? The answer became the most dramatic commando raid of the war: the British SOE brought together a brilliant scientist and eleven refugee Norwegian commandos, who, with little more than parachutes, skis and tommy guns, would destroy Hitler's nuclear ambitions. Based on exhaustive research and never-before-seen diaries and letters, The Winter Fortress is a compulsively readable narrative about a group of young men who survived the cold of a Norwegian winter and evaded the clutches of the Gestapo, to save the world from destruction.
Heroes Of Telemark
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Author : David Greentree
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-29
Heroes Of Telemark written by David Greentree and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-29 with History categories.
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 programme. Despite the difficulties of getting to and operating in such a remote, hostile area, SOE decided it had to destroy the plant. Six ski-borne commandos had the task of slipping past 300 heavily armed guards and passing through a ravine the Germans thought impassable. Fully illustrated with stunning new commissioned artwork, this is the thrilling story of the daring Norwegian-led SOE raid that prevented Hitler from building an atomic bomb.
Operation Gunnerside
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Author : Charles River
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-05-21
Operation Gunnerside written by Charles River and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-21 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading "What if the enemy should get the atomic bomb before we did! We could not run the mortal risk of being outstripped in this awful sphere." - Winston Churchill Tens of millions died during World War II as the warring powers raced to create the best fighter planes, tanks, and guns, and eventually that race extended to bombs which carried enough power to destroy civilization itself. While the war raged in Europe and the Pacific, a dream team of Nobel Laureates was working on the Manhattan Project, a program kept so secret that Vice President Harry Truman didn't know about it until he took the presidency after FDR's death in April 1945. The Manhattan Project would ultimately yield the "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" bombs that released more than 100 Terajoules of energy at Hiroshima and Nagaski, but not surprisingly, Nazi Germany was not far behind with their own nuclear weapons program. When the Nazis' quest for a nuclear weapon began in earnest in 1939, no one really had a handle on how important nuclear weapons would prove to war and geopolitics. The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, along with the Cold War-era tests and their accompanying mushroom clouds, would demonstrate the true power and terror of nuclear weapons, but in the late 1930s these bombs were only vaguely being thought through, particularly after the successful first experiment to split the atom by a German scientist. The nuclear age itself was in its infancy, barely 35 years old, but within a few short years the advent of nuclear war loomed over the world and the prospect of a malign dictatorship winning the nuclear race kept Allied leaders awake at night. When the Allies learned the Nazis had a heavy water plant in occupied Norway, they considered various ways to stop it. Bombing raids by the Royal Air Force (RAF) were not practical since they lacked the required accuracy, so it seemed that the only way to slow down or stop the supply of heavy water to the Nazi nuclear program was to mount a commando-style raid on the plant. This would mean sending a handful of men against a well-defended target deep in occupied territory, but the need to interrupt the supply of heavy water was all too clear, even if the means of achieving this was less so. The British turned to the only organization capable of planning and executing such a mission: the Special Operation Executive (SOE), a secret group formed in 1941 with the express purpose of sending in agents to cause mayhem in German-occupied Europe. What resulted was one of the most remarkable raids of World War II, under the name Operation Gunnerside. Operation Gunnerside: The History and Legacy of the Allied Mission to Sabotage Nazi Germany's Nuclear Weapons Program during World War II examines the Nazis' nuclear weapons program and the Allies' attempts to delay it. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Operation Gunnerside like never before.
Operation Freshman
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Author : Jostein Berglyd
language : en
Publisher: Leandoer and Eckholm
Release Date : 2006
Operation Freshman written by Jostein Berglyd and has been published by Leandoer and Eckholm this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Operation Freshman, 1942 categories.
In February 1943, the heavy water plant in Vermork/Rjukan, which Hitler needed for the making of the atomic bomb, was made useless by a combined British/Norwegian sabotage operation. There had been an earlier attempt, in 1942, to sabotage the plant. It was known as Operation Freshman. This book describes both these operations.