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Sabotage, Nazis and the Atomic Bomb: Operation Gunnerside

Dan Snow's History Hit

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The Explosion of the Heavy Water

The explosion crippled the production capacity, destroyed cells that were used to produce heavy water. It made Nazis realize that this was a hot target and they had alternative plans at their end. The party then split up with some making mammoth journeys into Sweden to escape. Some of them went to Oslo where he worked with the resistance in Oslo. He eventually constructed a hidden cabin that wasn't on any map called Ban Sibu which is very difficult to find.

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