The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal B

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The thrilling story of how SOE-trained commandos destroyed the Nazis' nuclear-weapons programme in one of the most daring – and successful – raids of World War II.

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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.

Notes

Now in paperback, this is the true story of how SOE trained commandos destroyed the Nazis' nuclear-weapons programme in a daring raid during WWII. From the author of The Perfect Mile and Red Mutiny.

Author Biography

Neal Bascomb is the New York Times best-selling author of The Perfect Mile and Red Mutiny, which won the U.S. Maritime Literature Award in 2007. A former editor and journalist, he has appeared in documentaries on the History Channel.

Review

A riveting, high-action World War II thriller... Highly recommended' -- Douglas BrinkleyBascomb's research and storytelling skills are first-rate... a fine work' * Wall Street Journal *This is a tale of daring beyond belief... The book has it all: excitement, fear and the knowledge that these brave men really did exist' -- Soldier MagazineAt times The Winter Fortress reads with the pace of a thriller … what emerges most strongly is the admiration for the valour of the ordinary soldiers * The Spectator *

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The thrilling story of how SOE-trained commandos destroyed the Nazis' nuclear-weapons programme in one of the most daring – and successful – raids of World War II.

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'A riveting, high-action World War II thriller ... Highly recommended' Douglas Brinkley.

Details ISBN1784977055 Author Neal Bascomb Pages 384 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1784977055 ISBN-13 9781784977054 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Head of Zeus Subtitle The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 940.5421828 Publication Date 2017-05-04 Short Title The Winter Fortress Language English UK Release Date 2017-05-04 NZ Release Date 2017-05-04 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Alternative 9781784977030 Audience General AU Release Date 2017-06-30 We've got this

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