World War II hero who prevented Nazis from getting nuclear bomb dies

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World War II hero who prevented Nazis from getting nuclear bomb dies
In a movie-like operation, Joachim Roenneberg led an operation on skis to destroy a heavy-water-producing-plant.
By REUTERS
October 21, 2018 19:42



 OSLO - The leader of a daring World War Two raid to thwart Nazi Germany's nuclear ambitions has died aged 99, Norwegian government officials said on Sunday.

Joachim Roenneberg, serving behind enemy lines in his native Norway during the German occupation, in 1943 blew up a plant producing heavy water, or D2O, a hydrogen-rich substance that was key to the later development of atomic bombs.

Picked by Britain's war-time Special Operations Executive to lead the raid when he was only 23 years old, Roenneberg was the youngest member of Operation Gunnerside, which penetrated and destroyed key parts of the heavily guarded Norsk Hydro plant.

Read more at: https://www.jpost.com/International/World-War-II-hero-who-prevented-Nazis-from-getting-nuclear-bomb-dies-569911

Amazing is the history we do not know. JPost says prevented the Nazis from getting a nuclear bomb, most headlines on this just say he foiled their nuclear plans.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

RIP Joachim Roenneberg

Most of the world will never know how much they owe you and your mates.