Modern era · 1940 – 1944

Norwegian heavy water sabotage

The Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Bokmål: Tungtvannsaksjonen; Nynorsk: Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt Nazi German heavy water (deuterium) production via hydroelectric plants in German-occupied Norway during World War II, involving both Norwegian commandos and Allied bombing raids.

Norwegian heavy water sabotage
Norwegian heavy water sabotage · Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1940 – 1944
Where
Vemork
Era
Modern

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