Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
• February 5th, 1948 • 1h 47min
Action, War, Drama
Overview
A factual reconstruction of the sabotage events which took place to prevent Hitler's Germany from getting the heavy water needed to make an atomic bomb during the Second World War.
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