The Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Bokmål: Tungtvannsaksjonen; Nynorsk: Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt German heavy water (deuterium) …

2022年7月1日 · The heavy water operation was a series of military sabotage operations against Norsk Hydro's plant in Rjukan, Telemark during World War II. The actions were carried out by …

2011年11月7日 · In a hazardous initial attempt to sabotage the heavy water plant at Rjukan in Norway, 41 young Allied soldiers died. A soldier who was stricken from the roster for this …

2021年2月27日 · On November 16, 1943, 140 American bombers flew over Rjukan and bombed the Vemork plant. According to Thomas Gallagher’s Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi …

In Nov 1943, Allied aircraft dropped more than 400 bombs on the facility, causing some damage, but the electrolysis equipment (at the time being repaired from the 28 Feb 1943 saboteur …

wartime race for the Norwegian heavy water. In the first paper, Professor Ole Kristian Grimnes explains why heavy water was produced in such exceptional quantities at Rjukan in the first …

On 28 February 1943 a second all-Norwegian commando raid -- Operation Gunnerside -- destroyed the Rjukan electrolysis plant, with the loss of 500kg of heavy water. The plant was, …

2018年4月10日 · Known as the ‘Heavy Water War', it was the most successful act of sabotage in World War II. It took place right here in Norway. Often-overlooked aspects of the Second …

As World War II moved into 1943, heavy water production at Vemork was producing 100 kilograms per month - more than enough to fuel German research. By then, the tide of the war …

2005年12月13日 · This story is in memory of the crew of LJ 888 who took of on the night of 30/31 March 1945, for a highly secret operation planned for a special equipment drop for the …