The Real Heroes of Telemark

The Real Heroes of Telemark
Author :
Publisher :
Total Pages : 295
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0754056635
ISBN-13 : 9780754056638
Rating : 4/5 (638 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Real Heroes of Telemark by : Ray Mears

Download or read book The Real Heroes of Telemark written by Ray Mears and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years ago, specially trained men were parachuted onto a Norwegian glacier, carrying only the most basic equipment. Their mission was to prevent the Nazi regime from building an atomic bomb. Now wilderness expert Ray Mears tells the true story of this gruelling campaign, showing how these men's ability to survive in extreme conditions influenced the outcome of the Second World War. Using crucial military information which has only recently been declassified, The Real Heroes of Telemark shows how a highly secretive operation came into being.


The Real Heroes of Telemark Related Books

The Real Heroes of Telemark
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: Ray Mears
Categories: Large print books
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Sixty years ago, specially trained men were parachuted onto a Norwegian glacier, carrying only the most basic equipment. Their mission was to prevent the Nazi r
Heroes of Telemark
Language: en
Pages: 82
Authors: David Greentree
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-29 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

GET EBOOK

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,
Two Planks and a Passion
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: Roland Huntford
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-31 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

GET EBOOK

Roland Huntford's brilliant history begins 20,000 years ago in the last ice age on the icy tundra of an unformed earth. Man is a travelling animal, and on these
Skis Against the Atom
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Knut Haukelid
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: North Amer Heritage Press

GET EBOOK

The Saboteur
Language: en
Pages: 423
Authors: Andrew Gross
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-22 - Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

GET EBOOK

Based on the true story of Operation Gunnerside—the Britain-sponsored mission that sent Norwegian commandos into the Nazi-occupied Telemark region of their co