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The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler’s Atomic Bomb Season 1 Episode 1

During the second world war, Nobel price winner Werner Heisenberg is the head of the nazis atomic project. Heisenberg needs heavy water for the reactor he is building, only produced by Norwegian Hydro at Vemork. The creator of the heavy water factory, scientist and resistance fighter Leif Tronstad, come to be sucpicious of the german purchase of heavy water and contacts English intelligence.

Episode Title: Episode 1

Air Date: 2015-01-04