Norwegian heavy water sabotage

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World War II operation military operation sabotage operation

The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of World War II commando raids by Norwegian resistance fighters, supported by the Allies, to destroy Nazi Germany’s heavy water production and hinder its atomic bomb program.

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Label Occurrences
Norwegian heavy water sabotage canonical 4
Allied bombing of Vemork 1
World War II heavy water sabotage 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
sabotage operation ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
describedIn Operation Gunnerside ⓘ
The Heroes of Telemark ⓘ
The Winter Fortress ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
executedBy British Commandos ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian commandos

SOE-trained saboteurs ⓘ
hasEffect became a symbol of resistance in occupied Europe ⓘ
boosted Norwegian resistance morale ⓘ
delayed German acquisition of weapons-grade fissile material ⓘ
hasPart Operation Freshman ⓘ
Operation Grouse ⓘ
Operation Gunnerside ⓘ
sinking of SF Hydro ⓘ
location Norway ⓘ
Rjukan ⓘ
Telemark ⓘ
Vemork ⓘ
mainSubject heavy water production ⓘ
nuclear weapons program ⓘ
notableCommander Jens-Anton Poulsson ⓘ
Joachim Rønneberg ⓘ
Knut Haukelid ⓘ
Leif Tronstad ⓘ
objective to destroy German heavy water production at Vemork ⓘ
to hinder Nazi Germany’s atomic bomb program ⓘ
opponent German Army ⓘ
Gestapo ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
participant Allied forces ⓘ
British Armed Forces ⓘ
Norwegian Independent Company 1 ⓘ
Norwegian resistance movement ⓘ
Special Operations Executive ⓘ
partOf Allied strategic bombing and sabotage campaign against German nuclear program ⓘ
result disruption of German nuclear research ⓘ
successful destruction of heavy water facilities ⓘ
significantEvent raid on Vemork heavy water plant in February 1943 ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
target SF Hydro ferry ⓘ
Vemork ⓘ
surface form: Vemork heavy water plant

heavy water stocks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Special Operations Executive → notableOperation → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
German occupation of Norway → notableEvent → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
this entity surface form: heavy water sabotage
Norwegian resistance movement → notableOperation → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
Operation Gunnerside → partOf → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
Operation Gunnerside → followedBy → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
this entity surface form: Allied bombing of Vemork
Rjukan → knownFor → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II heavy water sabotage
Rjukan → historicalEvent → Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ