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The Rest Is Classified

73. Destroying the Nazi Nuclear Program: Saving the World From War (Ep 2)

The Rest Is Classified

Goalhanger

History

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Who was the Nazi General who called the Allied Gunnerside mission “the most splendid coup I have seen?” How did the Norwegians stop the Nazis' nuclear program for good? And how did one commando use a large amount of laxatives to save his mother's life? Operation Gunnerside was a dangerous mission to destroy a Nazi heavy water plant in Norway. Led by Joachim Rønneberg, a team of commandos had to climb down, and then up, a 600-foot gorge to reach their target. They successfully planted explosives and destroyed the heavy water cylinders, but the team's escape would be just as perilous. Pursued by an entire German division, they had to navigate the freezing Norwegian wilderness, facing blizzards and close calls with the enemy. Listen as Gordon and David conclude their series on this extraordinary mission and reveal what ultimately happened to the Nazi bomb program and its heroic saboteurs. ------------------- To sign up to The Declassified Club, go to www.therestisclassified.com. To sign up to the free newsletter, go to: ⁠https://mailchi.mp/goalhanger.com/tric-free-newsletter-sign-up⁠ ------------------- FX’s Alien: Earth, an original series now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. 18 plus subscription required. T&Cs apply. ------------------- Order a signed edition of Gordon's latest book, The Spy in the Archive, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Order a signed edition of David's latest book, The Seventh Floor, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠via this link.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ------------------- Email: [email protected] Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@triclassified⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.6

Alien Earth.

0:29.0

When a mysterious space vessel crash lands on Earth, Wendy and a rag-tag group of tactical

0:34.7

soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face to face with

0:39.0

the planet's greatest threat. This is one arrival you don't want to miss. FX's Alien Earth,

0:45.5

an original series now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus, 18 plus subscription required. TNCs

0:51.5

apply.

1:02.2

This episode is brought to you by Disney Plus and their earth-shattering arrival, FX's Alien Earth.

1:03.6

When a mysterious space vessel crash lands on Earth, Wendy and a rag-tag group of tactical

1:09.3

soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

1:15.7

This is one arrival you don't want to miss.

1:18.4

FX's Alien Earth, an original series now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus, 18 plus subscription required.

1:25.6

TNCs apply.

1:37.1

We could hear the humming of the machinery, and we saw it faintly in the moonlight.

1:40.8

It was slightly overcast, so it was excellent weather for us to work in.

1:46.2

When we had to walk downhill, the snow was up to our wastes. When we came further down and had to make a shortcut round the houses that even went up to our arms. You had to sort of do

1:50.6

a front crawl to get out of the snow and downwards. The whole time we heard the humming from the

1:54.6

target, hoping that in about two hours' time, it would be quiet. Of course, we were tense,

1:59.6

but the situation was very calm at the same

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