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Summary: A Terrible Disappointment!
Review: First of all, the edition I read was retitled "Attack on Telemark." I can't tell you how excited I was to begin reading this book and will therefore have difficulty explaining to you how disappointed I ultimately was. I truly believe these men were brave and were heroes. The problem is that Knut Haukelid is not a writer in any way, shape or form. The book is so poorly written I had trouble determining what was going on. The actual raid is so ill-described and generally glossed over that I thought the raid unsuccessful and to be followed up by the "real raid." But no, that was really it. I kept reading and waiting for the story, the drama and the action to unfold but it never did. For better accounts of raids and other small unit actions try reading "Combat WWII: European Theater of Operations" edited by Don Congdon. A superb book. Or try "Pegasus Bridge" by Stephen Ambrose. An unbelievable book.
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Summary: A Terrible Disappointment!
Review: First of all, the edition I read was retitled "Attack on Telemark." I can't tell you how excited I was to begin reading this book and will therefore have difficulty explaining to you how disappointed I ultimately was. I truly believe these men were brave and were heroes. The problem is that Knut Haukelid is not a writer in any way, shape or form. The book is so poorly written I had trouble determining what was going on. The actual raid is so ill-described and generally glossed over that I thought the raid unsuccessful and to be followed up by the "real raid." But no, that was really it. I kept reading and waiting for the story, the drama and the action to unfold but it never did. For better accounts of raids and other small unit actions try reading "Combat WWII: European Theater of Operations" edited by Don Congdon. A superb book. Or try "Pegasus Bridge" by Stephen Ambrose. An unbelievable book.
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Summary: More heroic than Telemark
Review: This book proves that "Heroes of Telemark" is not an exagerration. First hand documentary account of Norvegian underground against Nazis prove during WW II. It is actually very modest account of the coreougeous soldiers to deny Hitler to build atomic bomb. It is somehow overlooked to the one of the reasons of Nazi failure to build the bomb. But thanks to these heroes whom some of them lost their lives for the cause. Even the writing sometimes gets into some details I feel it is necessary for the documentation. I don't hold it against.
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Summary: More heroic than Telemark
Review: This book proves that "Heroes of Telemark" is not an exagerration. First hand documentary account of Norvegian underground against Nazis prove during WW II. It is actually very modest account of the coreougeous soldiers to deny Hitler to build atomic bomb. It is somehow overlooked to the one of the reasons of Nazi failure to build the bomb. But thanks to these heroes whom some of them lost their lives for the cause. Even the writing sometimes gets into some details I feel it is necessary for the documentation. I don't hold it against.
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Summary: Norwegian Resistance saves the world from a German A-bomb
Review: True story of how the Norwegian Resistance, with the help of Britain, stops the Germans from acquiring enough heavy water to make their own A-bomb. Exciting first hand account of skiing and avoiding the Nazis. Begin to understand the sacrifice made by the Norwegian people in their resistance to the Nazis. Made into a movie starring Kirk Douglas in 1968. I recommend reading Blood and Water to get another take on this exciting story.
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