I watched a documentary titled "Untold Secret Stories of World War Two". It first talks about the atomic bomb. A group of soldiers skied in Norway to ruin Hitler's attempt to attain the atomic bomb. The documentary shows that Germany invaded Norway and occupied the country. Norwegians wanted to fight back so they joined the British army. Britain would train them and then the Norwegians could go back to Norway, undercover. In Norway, Germany had attained a heavy water plant. The few Norwegians going back were to destroy the plant. Heavy water is water that has more hydrogen isotope deuterium and is used for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
The Norwegians were able to get inside the plant unnoticed and blew the plant up. No one died during this mission. Only after 6 months though, the plant was rebuilt and heavy water was being produced again. Another attack was planned for the plant, but this time Americans bombed the plant. The top building was destroyed, but the heavy water in the basement was fine. The only way to get rid of the heavy water, was when it was transported by ferry. The Norwegian soldiers attached a bomb to the ferry and it sank. Germany no longer had their supply of heavy water.
The next part was about Pearl Harbor. It showed a group of people who have looked for the Japanese midget submarines. The documentary talked about how the midget subs were used at Pearl Harbor. The midget subs were destroyed. Each sub carried two Japanese men. After Pearl Harbor, Japan used their deaths as propaganda, calling them the gods of Pearl Harbor.
This documentary interviewed soldiers from the time and had real footage of citizens, Hitler, Churchill, soldiers, and Pearl Harbor. It had good information and interesting stories that I didn't know before. I would recommend this to someone who loves WWII and who wants to know more about it.
One of the Norwegian soldiers that destroyed the heavy water plant in Norway.
a Japanese midget submarine
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Great job Megan!