History Channel - Dead Mens Secrets Set 2 (2002) Part 8 Technological Time Bomb The Oslo Report

Dead men don't tell tales - or do they? Are there forensic clues left in the sands of time? Are there traces of archive film which even today are waiting to unveil their grisly secret? Not all the captivating and fascinating stories of military escapades in the 20th Century have been fully examined and many fascinating insights are still to be revealed and told. These have been known until now as DEADMEN'S SECRETS. Who really was 'The Man Who Never Was'? This and many other fascinating questions are answered in this pivotal series entitled DEADMEN'S SECRETS. With newly discovered archive film and new state of the art 3D computer graphics the series sets out to answer some of the most baffling questions and war mysteries of the 20th Century. What was the truth about Odessa File and whatever happened to Raoul Wallenberg? What did the Oslo Report reveal and who wrote it? And how close was Hitler to developing the atomic bomb at the end of World War II? Some of the answers are both frightening and unexpected. With the release of new Government information on both sides of the Atlantic it is now possible to painstakingly reconstruct some of the most famous mysteries of recent military history. DEADMEN'S SECRETS is the first serious attempt this Century to lay some of the last Century's most puzzling ghosts to rest.

Part 8 Technological Time Bomb The Oslo Report

In 1939 a mysterious package finds its way into the hands of British scientists. It is unsigned, and written in German. It reveals the stage of technological advancement that has been reached by Hitler's scientists. The “Oslo Report” was perhaps the most serious breach of German security in the Second World War. In 1939, eight weeks after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, two letters arrived at the British embassy in Oslo. Penned by an anonymous sender, the letters described new German weapons systems and outlined the aims of the Wehrmacht's military research programmes. It is beyond the realms of belief and the British secret service feared targeted deception, but gradually, events reveal it to be accurate. A young secret service officer recognised the value of information and realised it could be used to the advantage of the allies, and it becomes a vital tool in combating the Nazi advances. But who wrote the “Oslo Report”, and was the anonymous author of one of the most important scientific reports of World War II, and why did he send such precious information to England?

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