Hitler’s Other Worst Order

In the chilling winter of 1942, Einar Skinnarland, a seemingly ordinary worker from the Vemork plant in Norway, held a secret that could change the course of World War 2. The Vemork plant was the sole producer of a mysterious substance called heavy water, a key ingredient the Nazis desperately needed for their nuclear ambitions. The stakes were unimaginably high: if the Third Reich got their hands on enough heavy water, they could potentially unleash the devastating power of the atom. It would be up to Skinnarland to guide a team of Allied commandos on a top-secret demolition mission to blow-up Vemork and stop the Nazi atomic bomb. This most daring of endeavors, dubbed ’Operation Freshman’, would require elite engineers, specially modified Handley Page Halifax bombers, and untested gliders. It would end with Hitler’s infamous ‘Commando Order’ casting a shadow over the entire war… - As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Docs sometimes util