Wrappers. Very light gray spine, gray and photographic covers are all clean and glossy. Book has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the extreme tips of a couple of the corners. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 192 pages.

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Title

Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program

Publisher

Lyons Press, Guilford, CT

Publication Date

2002

Language

English

ISBN 10

1599219123

ISBN 13

9781599219127

Binding

Trade Paperback

Edition

First Printing Thus.

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“An exciting and dramatic episode.”—Library Journal

“Cliff-hanging suspense.”—Christian Science Monitor

Assault in Norway is the classic account of a legendary raid on the Nazi war program. By 1942 Germany had a seemingly insurmountable lead over the Allies in developing an atomic bomb. Contributing to this situation was its access to a crucial ingredient: “heavy water,” found in great abundance at a fortresslike factory in occupied Norway. Allied hopes of stalling the Nazi nuclear program soon focused on sabotaging the cliffside plant—a suicidal mission. But a team of brave Norwegian exiles, trained in Britain, infiltrated their homeland and, hiding in the wilds, awaited the opportunity to launch one of the war's most daring commando raids.

Basing his gripping narrative in large part on interviews with the commandos themselves, Thomas Gallagher recounts in vivid detail the planning and execution of Operation Gunnerside. Assault in Norway recalls the intrigue found in such wartime classics as David Howarth's We Die Alone and The Sledge Patrol, and the mission it recounts inspired the 1965 Hollywood film The Heroes of Telemark.

About the Author

Thomas Gallagher (1918-1992) was a widely published journalist and the author of eight books, including The Gathering Darkness (1952), which was nominated for a National Book Award; and Fire at Sea: The Story of the Moro Castle (1959), which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for nonfiction.

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