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Manus returned to Norway upon hearing the news of the German invasion on 9 April 1940. He fought during the Norwegian campaign, after which he decided to return to Oslo and work underground against the occupiers, both organising a resistance movement, illegal public propaganda and the manufacture of weaponry.
Mar 24, 2024 · The Nazi invasion of Norway in April 1940 marked a turning point in Manus's life. Refusing to stand idly by as his country fell under the oppressive grip of the Nazis, Manus joined the Norwegian resistance movement.
Mar 28, 2011 · Manus returned to Norway by parachute into the forest around Oslo to continue his work with the resistance movement. Manus joined Lingekompaniet, the Norwegian Independent Company 1, for which he became a ship sabotage specialist.
Mar 17, 2014 · Max Manus, head of the resistance movement, parachutes back into Norway by Graham Coton. On a beautiful spring day in 1945, an open car drove through the main streets of Oslo.
A number of saboteurs, most notably Max Manus and Gunnar Sønsteby, destroyed ships and supplies. Perhaps its most famous achievements were a series of operations to destroy Norsk Hydro 's heavy water plant and stockpile of heavy water at Vemork , crippling the German nuclear programme .
Manus returned to Norway upon hearing the news of the German invasion on 9 April 1940. He fought during the Norwegian campaign, after which he decided to return to Oslo and work underground against the occupiers, both organising a resistance movement, illegal public propaganda and the manufacture of weaponry.
Oct 8, 2018 · After fighting as a volunteer for Finland in the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of 1939–40, Manus returned to Norway on the day of the German invasion of Norway, April 9, 1940. He worked underground against the occupiers, organizing a resistance movement, producing illegal public propaganda and manufacturing weaponry.
