Sabotage, Nazis and the Atomic Bomb: Operation Gunnerside
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Operation Freshman - A Christmas Story
The Grouse party were told from London to go into the hills and hide. They went up to a really well-hidden, very difficult hut called Spensburg. And there they lived through the winter. Jens Anton Paulson, who was the best hunter in the party, went out on a daily basis looking for reindeer to shoot. I think he managed to find a barrel of fermenting fish, which went down very well at a rack of fish. He had the best Christmas of their lives listening to, I think they tuned into the world service and listened to him as well.
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