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In this episode we\\u2019re looking at the attempts to disrupt and destroy Germany\'s access to heavy water, which was essential for their atomic research.

If that sounds familiar that could be because you\\u2019ve seen the film \\u201cThe Heroes of Telemark\\u201d or watched one of the many documentaries on the operations against the Norsk Hydro\\xa0plant at Vemork.

I talk to Neal Bascomb, his new book \\u201cWinter Fortress\\u201d is painstaking researched, with access to the diaries of some of the men involved. It sheds light on a remarkable series of operations in Norway where the weather was as big a threat as the Nazi\'s