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Jens-Anton Poulsson DSO, (27 October 1918 – 2 February 2010) was a Norwegian military officer. During World War II he was a Norwegian resistance member, especially noted for his role in the heavy water sabotage 1942–1943. He continued his military career after the war, and was appointed colonel in 1968.
Jens-Anton Poulsson var en norsk hæroffiser og motstandsmann, særlig kjent for deltakelsen under tungtvannsaksjonen på Rjukan. Etter andre verdenskrig hadde han en lang karriere i Forsvaret, med ledende stillinger hjemme og deltakelse i operasjoner ute.
Jens-Anton Poulsson was born in Rjukan, but has just finished the 2nd division officer’s candidate school in Fredrikstad when the war comes to Norway. He participates in campaigns in Østfold in April 1940. In 1941 Poulsson moves to the United Kingdom. He is admitted to Norwegian Independent Company 1 and receives the rank of second lieutenant.
Jens-Anton Poulsson (Swallow and Grouse) wrote The Heavy Water Raid: The Race for the Atom Bomb 1942–1944 (ISBN 9788245808698), a 2009 book. Operation Freshman is covered in two books: Richard Wiggan's 1986 Operation Freshman: The Rjukan Heavy Water Raid 1942 ( ISBN 9780718305710 ) and Jostein Berglyd's 2007 Operation Freshman: The ...
Jens Anton Poulsson. Native of Rjukan, the town nearest the Vemork plant. An experienced mountaineer. Always had a pipe. The head of the Special Operations Executive, the London-based spy...
Second-in command of Operation Sunshine was Jens-Anton Poulsson, also leader of the Moonlight section. When Tronstad was killed in March 1945, Poulsson took over as leader of Sunshine. [2] The operation covered parts of Telemark and Buskerud counties, and overlapped existing Milorg districts.
Jens Anton Poulsson, who was the coordinating link with the men behind signalled the main group to proceed. They were soon all at the gate. And just minutes later, everyone was in position. No lives lost. Entering the plant was just as challenging.
