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Resistance fighters smuggle gold reserves out of Norway before the Nazis invade.

Norway, April 1940. ​​The incredible true story of how 55 tonnes of gold was smuggled out of Norway ​by a group of unlikely resistance fighters ahead of the invading Nazi forces.​

April 9, 1940. The German war machine occupies Norway. One of their primary objectives is to seize the nation’s entire gold reserves. But thanks to a few courageous individuals, the gold is smuggled out - just as the Germans come.​​

​​This is the incredible true story of how 55 tonnes of gold was transported through rough winter landscapes on trucks, trains and boats​ by a group of unlikely resistance fighters ahead of the invading Nazi forces.​

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