Norwegian heavy water sabotage

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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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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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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