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Skis Against the Atom: The Exciting, First Hand Account of Heroism and Daring Sabotage During the Nazi Occupation of Norway
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.53481
Fabric Type: 9780942323078
Legal Disclaimer: 0942323076
Maximum Color Depth: North American Heritage Press
Metal Type: North American Heritage Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 253
Total External Bays Free: August 01, 1989
Total Firewire Ports: North American Heritage Press
North American Heritage Press
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The exciting, first-hand account of heroism and daring sabotage during the Nazi occupation of Norway. The outcome of World War II could very possibly have been much different if Knut Haukelid and his small, but courageous band of Norwegian soldiers had not been successful in sabotaging the Nazis supply of heavy water. The heavy water produced at a facility in occupied Norway was vital to Hitlers race with the United States to develop the atomic bomb. Knut Haukelids Skis Against The Atom gives the reader an intimate account of the valiant and self-sacrificing service that the not-to-be-subdued Norwegians performed for the whole free world.
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excellent read, turned into a documentary. well worth a watch. very heroic exciting stuff, a book you cant put down
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It's hard to beat this story and Knut Haukelid has a ring side seat. This is a true David and Goliath tale with a band of brave Norwegian patriots taking on the Nazi war machine and ensuring that the terrifying power of nuclear weapons did not get into the hands of Hitler. It may well be that Hitler's own biases may have prevented the A bomb from happening but given limited resources German Scientists greatly outperformed Allied efforts in jet propulsion and rockets. Who knows what effect an influx ... Read More
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Haukelid's personal account of his actions around the destruction of the heavy Water stocks and subsequently the Hydro ferry read like a James Bond novel. Bravo to these Norwegian heros and bravo to Mr. Haukelid for giving us such a personal account for posterity.
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"Skis Against The Atom" is the personal account of the experiences of Norwegian resistance fighter Knut Haukelid during the German occupation of Norway 1940-1945. Haukelid was a Norwegian soldier who escaped to Britain in 1940 and was trained and returned to Norway by the British Special Operations Executive.
The centerpiece of the account is the British-Norwegian effort to sabotage the production of Heavy Water at Vemork for use in the Nazi atom bomb program. This heroic effort was the ... Read More
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A great story by a true hero, but Thomas Gallagher is a better
writer & Assault In Norway is a better book. Having said that,
if you have not read either book, Do It Now!!!! If not for these
brave and hearty men, we all might be speaking German now...
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