
National Geographic: Untold Stories of World War II
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In a century riddled with unrest,
World War Two remains the epic tale...
an event of unparalleled impact.
Even now,
we are uncovering new information.
about secret weapons...
and villainous tactics,
about extraordinary heroism...
and boundless shame;
about a time when one life
or one bullet, or one bomb
separated infamy and glory...
defeat and victory...
tyranny and freedom...
untold stories of World War II.
On the 16th of July, 1945...
a bomb exploded in the American desert
a very different kind of bomb.
the atom had been unleashed.
in the wrong hands,
had a few brave men not waged a secret
war against Germany's atomic program.
At the height of the Second World War,
Germany's Nazi Party
marched toward global domination,
led by its ambitious,
remorseless leader.
Adolph Hitler had the will
to conquer the world.
All he needed was the weapon.
And he had found the means to make one
in the most unlikely place.
It was here,
in the snow-packed mountains of Norway,
skis fought to stop Hitler's dream
of possessing the ultimate weapon.
Old men now,
they remember how they risked their
young lives for the cause of liberty.
They would stop at nothing
in order to conquer the world.
So the feeling that they had to be
stopped became very, very strong.
if we are caught by Germans,
we would all have been executed.
It would take three daring attempts
before they succeeded.
April 9, 1940.
German warships penetrated Oslo Fjord.
The blitzkrieg had come to Norway.
Within two months, the besieged nation
was forced to surrender.
Well, it took some time to realize it,
actually.
But when Autumn 1940 came,
and the darkness came in over Norway,
you certainly realized that it was not
the same Norway you had the year before
To understand it, you need to have
the experience of being occupied.
To live in an occupied country is
the most distressing thing you can do.
A vast occupying army flooded
the country.
The Nazis now controlled all aspects
of Norwegian life.
No actually war between each Norwegian
and each German.
We had to do the best out of it.
I think that was the common opinion.
Inside, of course,
most Norwegians hated them.
They introduced Gestapo in Norway,
when they understood that
resistance was coming
started arresting people,
torturing people,
killing people, et cetera et cetera.
And then we certainly understood
what an occupation meant to people.
Hitler's grasp extended
into every corner of the country.
In this remote Norwegian valley,
the Germans seized
a very special prize
Surrounded by mountains,
the factory had been built on the face
of a cliff overlooking a deep
and impassable gorge.
For the Nazis,
it was an ideal location
for a wartime project difficult
to bomb and easy to defend.
But, to the generals in Berlin,
Norsk Hydro offered even more.
In 1940, it was the only
hydroelectric plant in the world
producing large amounts
of an extremely rare substance:
deuterium oxide,
As soon as they took control
of the plant,
production went into high gear.
When word reached Great Britain,
a powerful sense of foreboding swept
through the allies.
As the most likely target
for a German A-bomb,
Britain faced the greatest peril.
Is it possible they do not realize
to persevere against them until
they have been taught a lesson
which they and
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