99-year-old who foiled Nazi nuclear plan passes away
The leader of a World War II raid to foil Nazi Germany's nuclear plan has passed away aged 99. Joachim RÃ¸nneberg in 1943 blew up a plant producing a hydrogen-rich substance key to the development of atomic bombs. RÃ¸nneberg had fled to Britain after the German invasion of Norway in 1940, receiving military training before returning home for several missions.