The Winter Fortress

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The Winter Fortress is a historical non-fiction book by Neal Bascomb that recounts the World War II mission by Norwegian commandos to sabotage Nazi Germany’s heavy water production and hinder its atomic bomb program.

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instanceOf book
history book
author Neal Bascomb NERFINISHED
basedOn archival research
historical records
interviews
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Allied efforts to hinder Nazi atomic bomb development
Norwegian commando operations
featuresGroup Norwegian commandos
featuresOrganization Allied forces NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
focusesOnEvent sabotage of Vemork heavy water plant
genre World War II history
historical non-fiction
military history
hasFormat digital edition
hardcover
paperback
hasPart accounts of executing the sabotage mission
accounts of planning the sabotage mission
aftermath and impact analysis of the sabotage
hasSubject resistance movements in World War II
sabotage missions
special operations
intendedAudience adult readers
language English
mainSubject Nazi Germany nuclear weapons program
Norwegian heavy water sabotage NERFINISHED
World War II
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
narrativeStyle narrative non-fiction
notableFor detailed account of the Vemork sabotage
portrayal of Norwegian resistance fighters
publicationYear 2016
publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt NERFINISHED
settingLocation Norway NERFINISHED
Vemork heavy water plant NERFINISHED
timePeriodCovered Second World War NERFINISHED
early 1940s
topic atomic bomb development
heavy water production
nuclear physics in wartime
workExampleOf World War II commando raid narratives

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Norwegian heavy water sabotage describedIn The Winter Fortress