Famed Norwegian Resistance Fighter of WWII Joachim Ronneberg Dies at 99

Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Ronneberg, whose bravery helped keep Nazi Germany from building nuclear weapons, has died at 99. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg called him one of the country's heroes and possibly the last of the World War II resistance fighters. Ronneberg fled Norway when the Nazis invaded in 1940. He trained with the Norwegian resistance in Britain and returned behind enemy lines. Ronneberg led Operation Gunnerside -- the 1943 secret mission that...

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