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Chris Coleman 

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One of the great WW2 heroes has died.


The men parachuted on to a plateau, skied across country, descended into a ravine and crossed an icy river before using the railway line to get into the plant and set their explosives.

"We very often thought that this was a one way trip," he said.

After the explosion, the men escaped into neighbouring Sweden by skiing 320km (200 miles) across Telemark - despite being chased by some 3,000 German soldiers.

Link: Norwegian badass


Posted: 10/23/2018 at 09:43AM


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  One of the great WW2 heroes has died. -- Chris Coleman  10/23/2018 09:43AM
  Wow, just recently read a novel based on this -- VolTron 10/23/2018 5:28PM
  Even watching the Norwegian bi-athletes, they look like bad asses. -- 48zip 10/23/2018 10:40AM
  I'm liking this quote... -- Vtskier1 10/23/2018 10:32AM
  Thanks for posting. I wasn’t familiar with this story. ** -- Hoakie82 10/23/2018 10:01AM
  Me neither. -- Chris Coleman  10/23/2018 10:14AM
  One summer my crew traveled through -- Cal Naughton Jr 10/25/2018 10:38PM
  Absolutely, although I’m gonna try to find a way to watch that film. It’s -- Hoakie82 10/23/2018 10:22AM
  Here's an allegedly more accurate follow-up -- 48zip 10/23/2018 11:17AM

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