Operation Gunnerside: How a Crew of Military Skiers Ruined the Nazi Bomb
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On February 27, 1942, nine saboteurs set out in the middle of the night to blow up a Nazi-controlled heavy water plant in Norway. This operation was as crucial as it was complicated -- if the plant continued to function, the Nazis very well may have been able to construct an atomic bomb. Tune in to learn exactly how the commandos glided in and, eventually, skied away.
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| 0:00.0 | So close, so close, it is as if we are in gliders, which will |
| 0:29.8 | make sense in a few minutes. We are so close to an anniversary episode today. This |
| 0:36.7 | episode is publishing on February 26th, 2019, but two days from now, if you're |
| 0:45.6 | listening to this the day it comes out, we will hit the anniversary of something |
| 0:50.8 | called Operation Gunner side. I know you love a good operation, Ben. I mean who |
| 0:56.0 | doesn't, right? This will be the 76th anniversary of Operation Gunner side and if |
| 1:03.4 | you're wondering, hey guys, what the heck is Operation Gunner side? We're glad to |
| 1:07.8 | tell you, of course, with the help of our constant super producer, Casey |
| 1:13.3 | Pagrum. And true is friend and confident. The Golden Girl song is playing in my head. |
| 1:19.2 | I love that song. It's really good. It's so good. It's only the this has nothing to do |
| 1:24.4 | with today's episode. I'll keep the banter short, but did you ever listen to the |
| 1:28.7 | full version? Did either of you guys ever listen to the full version of the |
| 1:31.6 | Golden Girl song? It's called thank you for being a friend. I can't I can't |
| 1:35.6 | remember, but it's it's not as good. Really? The best part is the TV theme. |
| 1:40.1 | If you had a party and invited everyone, you know, it's a very part. I like the |
| 1:48.3 | and the car that that would say and everybody comes in. Thank you for being a |
| 1:53.8 | friend. You know, I say to you, thank you for being a Ben. Oh, thank you. Think you know what? |
| 1:59.5 | You're not you're no slouch of being a no and Casey Pagrum. You're my favorite |
| 2:04.6 | Casey. My thank you, Ben. Oh, okay. I didn't know if you were going to respond to that. |
| 2:08.9 | I that's Casey on the case. That's Casey on the case. That's a very nice Casey on the case. |
| 2:14.1 | You know who else was being good at what they were? Who else? Nazis? Nazis. Yeah. Yeah. |
| 2:20.0 | Nazis. Okay, let me let me caveat that a little bit. Yeah. What they were they were |
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