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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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May 26, 2012 - 12:40am PT
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I understand some Norwegians have great disdain for anything the Germans built during the occupation of Norway during WWll...? Something about the Germans superiority complex and attitudes towards perfection in what they constructed...RJ
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 22, 2018 - 09:55am PT
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Joachim Rønneberg, the leader of the "heroes of Telemark", has died at age 99. He led the 1943 raid which severely damaged the heavy water plant in Vemork, putting an end to any hopes that the Nazis had of creating nuclear weapons.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45938874
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 22, 2018 - 10:37am PT
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Norwegian Resistance Museum - a must stop in Oslo.
Fake false teeth, a proper use of a double negative, used as an antenna for a secret radio...
The Hardangervidda, the high plateau where the Vemork team were air dropped in the winter.
The scale is hard to fathom from this shot but that thin white line in the distance is the
Hardangerjøkulen, a 15 mile wide icecap.
An earth hut like the one the team stayed in. Mighty can correct me but I don’t think the exact hut is known.
If you’ve Netflix watch “The Heavy Water War”. It is superbly well done. I think it is also available on Amazon Prime.
After the explosion, the men escaped into neighbouring Sweden by skiing 320km
(200 miles) across Telemark - despite being chased by some 3,000 German soldiers.
With a wry smile, Ronneberg described it as "the best skiing weekend I ever had".
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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How did I miss that? 🙄
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
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Growing up, Rønneberg was my boyhood hero in our household. Really deserves his own thread.
It's been many years since I read it, but Richard Rhodes' classic, The Making Of The Atomic Bomb lays out pretty clearly that Germany wasn't going to be anywhere near building an atomic bomb and in fact, the heavy water method Germany was committed to and banking on was a dead end street. The conclusion was, brave and spectacular as the sabotage of the plant was, it had absolutely no effect on the nuclear bomb race. Don't know if all of that's true but that's what it says.
My Dad was about 12 to 14 years old for much of the occupation and he had a reserved resentment of it for sure. He always said the Germans took all of the luxuries, like butter, milk and sugar, etc. He and some friends on two occasions snuck into wooden shacks housing explosive supplies and stole them or poured water on them or some kind of mischief; I've lost track of the details but it really ranked on them to have these foreigners tramping all over their beloved country.
Arne
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Arne, did yer far have fish skin shoes?
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Jim Clipper
climber
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Because f*#k nazism! Thanks for remembering...
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Fishskinn shoes were the springboard for waxless skis....
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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And now I'm up to date with this thread. Excellent stuff. I hope I'd have the guts to get that pissed off if Nazis took over my country.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Greg, we’re glad to have you in the bunker!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Sønsteby and Manus were men who meant much to Norway during the last part of the WW2 and even more to Norway's reputation after the war. They are an integral part of the story we Norwegians love to tell.
Once I will tell you the story about the Osvald group and their leader Asbjørn Sunde, communist and sailor. They were the most active and successful Norwegian sabotage group during the war. Sønsteby learned the craft of sabotage from Sunde.
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