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The winter fortress : the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb  Cover Image Book Book

The winter fortress : the epic mission to sabotage Hitler's atomic bomb / Neal Bascomb.

Bascomb, Neal, (author.).

Summary:

Documents the Allied raid against occupied Norway's Vermork hydroelectric plant, the world's only supplier of the heavy water needed by the Nazis to build an atomic bomb, citing the teamwork of spies and commandos that foiled Hitler's nuclear ambitions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544368057 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xix, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-365) and index.
Subject: Atomic bomb > Germany > History.
Sabotage > Norway > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Commando operations > Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Norway.
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Technology.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch 940.5486481094828 Bas 31681010011499 NONFIC Available -


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