Telemark heavy water raid
1943 · Event
Norwegian commandos ski into a gorge, climb into the Vemork plant and blow up Hitler's heavy-water production without firing a shot — the war's most celebrated sabotage.
On these timelines: Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age, Master, World War II
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