Discovery Channel - Europes Secret Armies Resisting Hitler (2004) Part 6 Norwegian Heroes

The armies of the countries of mainland Europe were powerless to stop Hitler's war machine as it crushed all in its path during the early months of World War 2. The terrifying tactic of 'Blitzkrieg' saw city after city fall beneath the Nazi jackboot. The people of previously free counties began to look for a way to fight back. There were ways to defeat an army other than on the battlefield. Europe's Secret Armies is a thrilling exploration of the stories behind the resistance and partisan groups that formed to fight a hated oppressor. These were civilian armies; made up of ordinary men and women left with no other option but to go underground to strike back. The series hears from those who were not content to bend the knee or were not prepared to be part of Adof Hitler's ever-growing Third Reich. Freedom fighters risked torture, imprisonment and death throughout Europe France's Maquis, the mountaineers of Crete, heroes and heroines from the Low Countries, Norway, Poland rose up, not least inside the tyrant's own land, Germany. Includes archival footage, re-creations, and interviews with actual resistance fighters.

Part 6 Norwegian Heroes

After the German invasion of 1940, the Norwegian government fled to London, leaving the country in the hands of the collaborator Quisling. However, Norway's resistance movement soon became the most effective in all Nazi-occupied Europe - ordinary people everywhere risked their lives to work with the British SOE, participating through intelligence gathering, sabotage, raids, espionage and escort for citizens fleeing the border to neutral Sweden. The most successful act of sabotage in WWII was Operation Gunnerside, the disabling of the heavy-water plant in Vemork. Working alone or with the help of the S.O.E., Norwegian men and women refused to roll over and proved invaluable in bringing an end to Nazi domination across Europe. Includes interviews with surviving veterans, as well rare archive footage.

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