"M.R.D. Foot, the official historian of Britain’s wartime sabotage and intelligence service, the Special Operations Executive, which organized Mr. Ronneberg’s mission, described the raid on a Norsk Hydro plant producing heavy water in Nazi-occupied Norway as a “coup” that “changed the course of the war” and deserved the “gratitude of humanity.”"
Grouse team, tough mothers.
In 2003, Ray Mears and members of the Royal Marines [0] and Norway Winter Warfare specialists, jumped, static line with a quarter of a tonne of full kit into the Hardangervidda (Hardanger plateau) to re-create the key elements of this raid. You can watch how difficult this feat was,[1] even by modern standars.
Grouse team, tough mothers.
In 2003, Ray Mears and members of the Royal Marines [0] and Norway Winter Warfare specialists, jumped, static line with a quarter of a tonne of full kit into the Hardangervidda (Hardanger plateau) to re-create the key elements of this raid. You can watch how difficult this feat was,[1] even by modern standars.
[0] Royal Marine Mountain Leaders, Arctic & mountain warfare Cardre ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Leader_Training_Cadre
[1] "Ray Mears' Real Heroes Of Telemark S01 E01" ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDAh5bLOrtM