DISCOVERY EXPLORATION: Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant

Name: DISCOVERY EXPLORATION: Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant
Uploaded: 2019-11-05T14:00:45.386-05:00
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Description: The Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant was essential to the nazi nuclear program until a brave band of Allied saboteurs destroyed the plant's heavy water production facility. This is the heroic story of the Allied special forces that risked life and limb in the most successful clandestine operation of World War II.

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The Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant was essential to the nazi nuclear program until a brave band of Allied saboteurs destroyed the plant's heavy water production facility. This is the heroic story of the Allied special forces that risked life and limb in the most successful clandestine operation of World War II.

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DISCOVERY EXPLORATION: Vemork Hydroelectric Power Plant