A fine video. And thank you, for visiting Rjukan🙂. A few comments though. The best depiction of the raid is in the French-Norwegian movie "Kampen om tungtvannet" from 1948, where some of the saboteurs play themselves. About 10 years ago NRK made a very good tv-series about the raid. Some of your clips are from that tv-series. And "Heroes of Telemark? Well, it's a movie. Let's leave it at that. Norsk Hydro weren't alone to be too cosy with the German occupation force. Companies all over Europe were, if there was money to be made, or if they didn't have any choice, or both. The Hydrogen factory building with the heavy water plant in the basement was torn down in 1977. As far as I can remember (I'm from Rjukan) it was not due to Hydros shady past. But, Norsk Hydro created and "owned" Rjukan, so not much negative was said. The building had been out of use for years. It was an ugly concrete block of a building, with almost every window gone. And it was hiding the beautiful power plant behind it.
Thank you for sharing that information. I did not know that, I do want to see the 1948 movie of the raid, hopefully I’ll be able to find it on the Internet one day with subtitles. We really enjoyed our stay there in Rjukan, Norway 🇳🇴!!
Thanks for shining a light on this little known but very important operation, my grandmother knew one of the saboteurs, Joachim Rønneberg. i have been fascinated by this story since i was a kid, i even have a vial of heavy water salvaged from the ferry that was sunk.
wow. that is an incredible story to have some of the heavy water from the ferry. I love learning WW2 history..where every we travel around the world I try to find some important war history to share with my family. Next year we are going to Hawaii and plan to visit Pearl Harbor so please stay tuned.
Thank you thank you thank you so much for this video..I hope one day I can visit this museum...what led me to this was another video that I was looking at on UA-cam titled "Chicago Pile-1: The Day Tomorrow Began", about the physicist Enrico Fermi, in it they mentioned heavy water and Norway, so I decided to do some further research...and here I am...I enjoy chasing stories like these..it's gives me great satisfaction especially when it ends with short documentaries like this that tells more of the actual facts than the movies do...thank you sir..loved it.
Thank goodness for those Norwegian Special Forces, what a difference to the war their efforts made. Interesting background information and always good to have a local specialist on hand and have to say wow, that bridge, I was dizzy watching that car drive across it! I have always been fascinated by WW2, which started when my old dad took me and my bother to the cinema (a big treat back in those days) to see 633 Squadron in 1964, when I was 9, also remember The Dambusters and their bouncing bombs on the TV too. The lad there did a great job explaining everything and showing you around and nice that the Glider pilots families were there learning about the bravery of their forefathers, cheers Alan
Yeah I like World War II history also… this is such an incredible story I remember when I was a little Kid watched The 1965 movie about the heavy water. So it was quite a really cool experience for me to be there and see it. The place is only been open for a few months so it was neat to have one of the staff give us a behind-the-scenes tour sort of speak. I did some research about the gliders and the survivors that were executed by the Nazis, so I was very quiet moving to see the family members there. You could see them a little bit in the video…. it was a private tour and I kind of felt like they wanted their privacy.
I'm Norwegian, and I think it's great that you're bringing up this story.😊 we have quite a few heroes during the Second World War, Skjethland Larsen is one of them. Really like the video ❤️
Thank You!!! I love history so that was the reason we stayed overnight in Rjukan so we can visit the museum. I wish we had more time to visit that area of Norway 🇳🇴. It was beautiful.
@@chasingadeline There are many nice places in Norway, the children would like Kristiansand zoo. and Bergen aquarium, and Fløyen mountain with lots of fun for children and adults♥️😊
God bless the men, the families, and the extended family members of the Norwegian heroes who embodied the meaning of the phrase, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue". Amazing story with a truly awesome ending that marked the end of Hitler's heavy water production in Norway! Semper Fidelis, Doug Bishop CWO4 USMC Retired.
I am glad you enjoyed this video. That is such a fascinating story!!! I really enjoyed making this video and hope that many more people watch it, to see how amazing work Norwegians did to fight the nazis!! We have more videos coming up soon from the way so please stay tune :)
Glad you enjoyed it!!! I would recommend "The Heavy Water War" first to watch. It is a 6 part miniseries that is really accurate of the events that happen in WW 2.
The BBC also made an exelent 6 part documentary about this with Ray Mears (back in 2004 i think..). There norwegian and british commandos recreate the entire raide, parachute from plane and ski for days on the hardanger-vidda, talk to All the survivort that was still alive at the time, and focus heavyly on the survival-aspect of the ordeal for the saboteurs. It is here on youtube aswell "The Real Heroes of Telemark" BBC, Ray Mears
Thank You for watching our video!!! I’ve been fascinated by what happen there in Norway 🇳🇴 since I was a child. And watch the original movie “ The Heroes of Talmark” I did stumble on the BBC documentary on UA-cam. Really fascinating, it’s amazing what those Norwegians special forces dead back in World War II and how one of them found his sled in the snow that he lost a few years back which helped them tremendously with getting their gear to the Cabin.
Great video, thanks for making it. This location is on my list of places to visit when I do a WWII tour of Scandinavia someday. You mentioned two movies made about this operation, but before those two films, the movie Operation Swallow (Kampen Om Tungtvannet) was made in 1948. The best thing about that film is the actors are actually the original Norwegian Commando veterans playing themselves. Thanks from the USA!
I am glad that you enjoyed this video. This place was on my bucket list for a long time. I hope that you get a chance to visit. Thanks for watching. I have heard of the 1948 movie and want to watch it but I think it’s in Norwegian language.
It’s really interesting to learn about this. So often we only think about a few of the country’s involved when it was a world war. My degree is actually in WWII and most of this was new to me!
Fortunately, the US was the first to use the atomic bomb. Without the heroes in Telemark, the world would probably look different today. Thank you USA and Norway for preventing a total disaster.
Thank You for watching!!! Yes it is an incredible story what the Norwegian did to stop the Nazis. The raid is just one part of the story, The way they survived the winter, and how they were able to escape it’s just an amazing story. I watched both of those movies, I highly recommend them!!
Complete nonsense. Germany had 120 people working on the bomb. The USA had 145 000. Even on the first try putting Vemork out of business the allies knew there was no chance the Nazis would be able to develop the bomb. Nothing that happened in Norway had any effect on the war. Norway was a kindergarten on the outskirt of the war where everything went smoothly and gracefully.
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A fine video. And thank you, for visiting Rjukan🙂.
A few comments though. The best depiction of the raid is in the French-Norwegian movie "Kampen om tungtvannet" from 1948, where some of the saboteurs play themselves. About 10 years ago NRK made a very good tv-series about the raid. Some of your clips are from that tv-series. And "Heroes of Telemark? Well, it's a movie. Let's leave it at that.
Norsk Hydro weren't alone to be too cosy with the German occupation force. Companies all over Europe were, if there was money to be made, or if they didn't have any choice, or both.
The Hydrogen factory building with the heavy water plant in the basement was torn down in 1977. As far as I can remember (I'm from Rjukan) it was not due to Hydros shady past. But, Norsk Hydro created and "owned" Rjukan, so not much negative was said. The building had been out of use for years. It was an ugly concrete block of a building, with almost every window gone. And it was hiding the beautiful power plant behind it.
Thank you for sharing that information. I did not know that, I do want to see the 1948 movie of the raid, hopefully I’ll be able to find it on the Internet one day with subtitles. We really enjoyed our stay there in Rjukan, Norway 🇳🇴!!
Thanks for shining a light on this little known but very important operation, my grandmother knew one of the saboteurs, Joachim Rønneberg. i have been fascinated by this story since i was a kid, i even have a vial of heavy water salvaged from the ferry that was sunk.
wow. that is an incredible story to have some of the heavy water from the ferry. I love learning WW2 history..where every we travel around the world I try to find some important war history to share with my family. Next year we are going to Hawaii and plan to visit Pearl Harbor so please stay tuned.
Thank you thank you thank you so much for this video..I hope one day I can visit this museum...what led me to this was another video that I was looking at on UA-cam titled "Chicago Pile-1: The Day Tomorrow Began", about the physicist Enrico Fermi, in it they mentioned heavy water and Norway, so I decided to do some further research...and here I am...I enjoy chasing stories like these..it's gives me great satisfaction especially when it ends with short documentaries like this that tells more of the actual facts than the movies do...thank you sir..loved it.
Thank you for watching!!! I’m glad you found this video informative!! I tried really hard to make sure all my information is correct 👍 and historical.
Thank goodness for those Norwegian Special Forces, what a difference to the war their efforts made. Interesting background information and always good to have a local specialist on hand and have to say wow, that bridge, I was dizzy watching that car drive across it! I have always been fascinated by WW2, which started when my old dad took me and my bother to the cinema (a big treat back in those days) to see 633 Squadron in 1964, when I was 9, also remember The Dambusters and their bouncing bombs on the TV too. The lad there did a great job explaining everything and showing you around and nice that the Glider pilots families were there learning about the bravery of their forefathers, cheers Alan
Yeah I like World War II history also… this is such an incredible story I remember when I was a little Kid watched The 1965 movie about the heavy water. So it was quite a really cool experience for me to be there and see it. The place is only been open for a few months so it was neat to have one of the staff give us a behind-the-scenes tour sort of speak.
I did some research about the gliders and the survivors that were executed by the Nazis, so I was very quiet moving to see the family members there. You could see them a little bit in the video…. it was a private tour and I kind of felt like they wanted their privacy.
I'm Norwegian, and I think it's great that you're bringing up this story.😊 we have quite a few heroes during the Second World War, Skjethland Larsen is one of them. Really like the video ❤️
Thank You!!! I love history so that was the reason we stayed overnight in Rjukan so we can visit the museum. I wish we had more time to visit that area of Norway 🇳🇴. It was beautiful.
@@chasingadeline There are many nice places in Norway, the children would like Kristiansand zoo. and Bergen aquarium, and Fløyen mountain with lots of fun for children and adults♥️😊
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Thank you for sharing about Historycal building and place 👍
Thanks for watching!!! More videos from Norway 🇳🇴 coming soon
God bless the men, the families, and the extended family members of the Norwegian heroes who embodied the meaning of the phrase, "Uncommon valor was a common virtue". Amazing story with a truly awesome ending that marked the end of Hitler's heavy water production in Norway! Semper Fidelis, Doug Bishop CWO4 USMC Retired.
Thank you for watching. And thank you for serving our country. I’m glad you enjoyed this video.
Amazing that you made this.
I am glad you enjoyed this video. That is such a fascinating story!!! I really enjoyed making this video and hope that many more people watch it, to see how amazing work Norwegians did to fight the nazis!!
We have more videos coming up soon from the way so please stay tune :)
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Fascinating place and a moment in history I wasn't really aware of! Thanks for bringing us here, I will also check out the movies👍
Glad you enjoyed it!!! I would recommend "The Heavy Water War" first to watch. It is a 6 part miniseries that is really accurate of the events that happen in WW 2.
The BBC also made an exelent 6 part documentary about this with Ray Mears (back in 2004 i think..).
There norwegian and british commandos recreate the entire raide, parachute from plane and ski for days on the hardanger-vidda, talk to All the survivort that was still alive at the time, and focus heavyly on the survival-aspect of the ordeal for the saboteurs.
It is here on youtube aswell "The Real Heroes of Telemark" BBC, Ray Mears
Thank You for watching our video!!! I’ve been fascinated by what happen there in Norway 🇳🇴 since I was a child. And watch the original movie “ The Heroes of Talmark”
I did stumble on the BBC documentary on UA-cam. Really fascinating, it’s amazing what those Norwegians special forces dead back in World War II and how one of them found his sled in the snow that he lost a few years back which helped them tremendously with getting their gear to the Cabin.
Great video, thanks for making it. This location is on my list of places to visit when I do a WWII tour of Scandinavia someday. You mentioned two movies made about this operation, but before those two films, the movie Operation Swallow (Kampen Om Tungtvannet) was made in 1948. The best thing about that film is the actors are actually the original Norwegian Commando veterans playing themselves. Thanks from the USA!
I am glad that you enjoyed this video. This place was on my bucket list for a long time. I hope that you get a chance to visit. Thanks for watching. I have heard of the 1948 movie and want to watch it but I think it’s in Norwegian language.
It’s really interesting to learn about this. So often we only think about a few of the country’s involved when it was a world war. My degree is actually in WWII and most of this was new to me!
Yes I also love WWII history. When ever I travel with the family I always look for places that are historic war sites. thank you for watching.
Members of the original team played them self in the first movie from 1948...
Yes I head that when watching this BBC special…you can find it on UA-cam “real heroes of telemark”
ua-cam.com/play/PL9pMBAGDqeF1NvdiD4FsTaayfPs7UvJ6I.html
Fortunately, the US was the first to use the atomic bomb. Without the heroes in Telemark, the world would probably look different today. Thank you USA and Norway for preventing a total disaster.
Thank You for watching!!! Yes it is an incredible story what the Norwegian did to stop the Nazis. The raid is just one part of the story, The way they survived the winter, and how they were able to escape it’s just an amazing story. I watched both of those movies, I highly recommend them!!
Complete nonsense. Germany had 120 people working on the bomb. The USA had 145 000.
Even on the first try putting Vemork out of business the allies knew there was no chance the Nazis would be able to develop the bomb.
Nothing that happened in Norway had any effect on the war. Norway was a kindergarten on the outskirt of the war where everything went smoothly and gracefully.
Thank You for sharing
@@UA-cam_Stole_My_Handle_Too "Nothing that happened in Norway had any effect on the war". Yeah, you lost any credibility right there.
@@Kraakesolv Obviously you agree because you had no counter.
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They made a story about operation gunnerside in battlefield game but they changed the story that it was 2 skiing girls that did it.
thank you for watching and shearing those facts!!!
@@chasingadeline Yeah just sad they had to ruin the story with wokeness