The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler's Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb

Author:Neal Bascomb [Bascomb, Neal]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2016-05-02T22:00:00+00:00

In their cabin retreat, thirty miles from Rjukan, Skinnarland and Haugland sat on their beds as a snow squall blew outside. Neither had wanted to remain behind just to report on the operation. They wanted to be in on the job; they wanted to help. But that was the curse of the radioman: he was the eyes and ears of the mission but rarely had a hand in its execution.

Well-trained radio operators were limited in number within the SOE and were considered too valuable to risk in sabotage operations. Their transmissions—and the fact that they were burdened with such heavy equipment—made them traceable targets for the Germans. In fact, radio operators suffered the most casualties among SOE agents. At that moment, though, Haugland and Skinnarland were safer than many of their countrymen, high up in the Vidda, in the middle of winter.

Skinnarland could not help but think of his brother Torstein and his best friend Olav Skogen, both being held at Grini. They had suffered so much, while he was still free. Both Skinnarland and Haugland knew their families might face reprisals if the Vemork sabotage succeeded—or even if it did not. The Germans would suspect any commandos would have had local help. There was nothing to do but wait and wonder and hope that all the intelligence they had gathered and all the preparations they had made before the Gunnerside team arrived were contributing to the operation’s success.

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