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February 27th, 1943.
High above a frozen valley in Norway, six men lay hidden in the snow, preparing to walk into one of the most heavily guarded facilities in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Below them stood the Vemork hydroelectric plant—the heart of Hitler’s secret atomic ambitions. Inside its walls, heavy water was being produced in quantities critical to Germany’s nuclear program. If Hitler’s scientists succeeded, the war—and the world—could change forever.

This is the true story of Knut Haukelid and Operation Gunnerside—the silent sabotage mission that nearly disappeared from history. No armies advanced. No cities burned. No headlines announced what happened that night. Yet the consequences echoed across the entire war.

Facing impossible odds, brutal cold, and certain execution if captured, a handful of Norwegian resistance fighters infiltrated a fortress, destroyed irreplaceable materials, and vanished into the mountains before anyone realized what had happened.

Their success quietly crippled Nazi Germany’s atomic program and prevented Hitler from acquiring the most dangerous weapon ever conceived.

This documentary explores:

Hitler’s real nuclear ambitions

Why heavy water mattered

The failed British glider assault (Operation Freshman)

The brutal Nazi reprisals that followed

And how a single night in Norway changed history without the world knowing

Sometimes the most important battles are fought in silence.

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