The Real Heroes Of Telemark

Author : Raymond Mears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340830161
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Heroes of Telemark written by Raymond Mears and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years ago, four men 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. The Telemark campaign was an example of the bravery and skill of the SOE trainees. The Norwegians transformed a military disaster into a triumph. This book tells the full story for the first time.

Author : David Greentree
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147282766X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Telemark written by David Greentree and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Raymond Mears
Publisher : Clipper Audio
ISBN 13 : 9781407418421
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Heroes of Telemark written by Raymond Mears and published by Clipper Audio. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1943 four men parachuted onto a Norwegian glacier, equipped with only basic equipment. Their mission was to prevent the Nazi regime from building an atomic bomb. Ray Mears tells the true story of this campaign, showing how these men's ability to survive in extreme conditions influenced the outcome of World War II.

Author : Neal Bascomb
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544368061
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Winter Fortress written by Neal Bascomb and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of Hunting Eichmann and The Perfect Mile, a World War II spy adventure set in Norway that draws on top-secret documents and memoirs of the saboteurs. In 1942, the Nazis were racing to complete the first atomic bomb. All they needed was a single, incredibly rare ingredient: heavy water, which was produced solely at Norway’s Vemork plant. Under threat of death, Vemork’s engineers pushed production into overdrive. If the Allies could not destroy the plant, they feared the Nazis would soon be in possession of the most dangerous weapon the world had ever seen. But how would the Allied forces reach the castle fortress, set on a precipitous gorge in one of the coldest, most inhospitable places on earth? Based on a trove of top-secret documents and never-before-seen diaries and letters of the saboteurs, The Winter Fortress is an arresting chronicle of a brilliant scientist, a band of spies on skis, perilous survival in the wild, Gestapo manhunts, and a last-minute operation that would alter the course of the war. “Riveting and poignant . . . The Winter Fortress metamorphoses from engrossing history into a smashing thriller . . . Mr. Bascomb’s research and, especially, his storytelling skills are first-rate.”—Wall Street Journal

Author : Knut Haukelid
Publisher : North Amer Heritage Press
ISBN 13 : 9780942323078
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Skis Against the Atom written by Knut Haukelid and published by North Amer Heritage Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Gross
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 146689217X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saboteur written by Andrew Gross and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the true story of Operation Gunnerside—the Britain-sponsored mission that sent Norwegian commandos into the Nazi-occupied Telemark region of their country to destroy the enemy’s nuclear weapons program—New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross’s The Saboteur is a riveting World War II thriller of espionage and action. February, 1943. Both the Allies and the Nazis are closing in on attempts to construct the decisive weapon of the war. Kurt Nordstrum, an engineer in Oslo, puts his life aside to take up arms against the Germans as part of the Norwegian resistance. After the loss of his fiancée, and with his outfit whittled to shreds, he commandeers a coastal steamer and escapes to England to transmit secret evidence of the Nazis’s progress towards an atomic bomb at an isolated factory in Norway. There, he joins a team of dedicated Norwegians in training in the Scottish Highlands for a mission to disrupt the Nazis’ plans before they advance any further. Parachuted onto the most unforgiving terrain in Europe, braving the fiercest of mountain storms, Nordstrum and his team attempt the most daring raid of the war, targeting the heavily-guarded factory built on a shelf of rock thought to be impregnable, a mission even they know they likely will not survive. Months later, Nordstrum is called upon again to do the impossible, opposed by both elite Nazi soldiers and a long-standing enemy who is now a local collaborator—one man against overwhelming odds, with the fate of the war in the balance, but the choice to act means putting the one person he has a chance to love in peril.

Author : Ray Mears
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473603394
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Outdoor Life written by Ray Mears and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wilderness expert shares his life story, recounting how he developed his bushcraft skills and his philosophy of the outdoors, as well as sharing personal stories Ray Mearstells of his childhood and the formative years when he first developed a passion for both bushcraft and the martial arts skills that are central to his life. Having traveled the world several times over, he is no stranger to risk and has had more than his fair share of dangerous and life-threatening encounters. But his life is so much more than a tale of derring-do. Shortly after he returned to England having narrowly survived a serious helicopter crash, his father died. Just a year later, he had to face the death of his first wife Rachel. The book conveys the many sides of Ray Mears, taking us up to the present day, including the previously untold story of his involvement in the man-hunt for murderer Raoul Moat.This memoirgives all readers a chance to share a life story as rich and as inspirational as a walk in woods with the man himself, Ray Mears."

Author : Helge Ingstad
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773509115
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Land of Feast and Famine written by Helge Ingstad and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helge Ingstad's life in the Canadian Arctic spanned the 1920s and 1930s. He describes the native companions and fellow trappers with whom he shared adventures and relates stories of numerous hunts and how he learned first hand about beaver, caribou, wolf and other wildlife.

Author : Neil Short
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780962592
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kill Hitler written by Neil Short and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although far from a typical raid, the 20 July Plot – Operation Valkyrie – was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler. Hitler was badly shaken by the blast and, despite the fact that numerous other attempts had been made on the Führer's life since he came to power, the July 20 Plot has achieved an almost mythic status. Numerous books, both factual and fictional, have been written on the subject. There have been several TV dramatisations and reconstructions, including a MythBusters production which considered whether or not the attempt would have been successful if the bomb had been planted in Hitler's bunker. German resistance to Hitler has also been depicted on film, most notably by James Mason in The Desert Fox and more recently by Tom Cruise in Valkyrie, an accurate and acclaimed version of the July 20 Plot.

Author : Raymond Mears
Publisher : Sceptre
ISBN 13 : 9780340829714
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Bushcraft written by Raymond Mears and published by Sceptre. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Mears is well known to millions of television viewers through his acclaimed series Tracks, Ray Mears World of Survival and Ray Mears Extreme Survival. Now, based on the bestselling Bushcraft, he has created a handy portable compendium of vital survival skills and wisdom from around the world. Packed with essential wilderness techniques, this book is an invaluable companion on any expedition.