When the Germans attempted to ship the remaining heavy water stocks to Germany, Norwegian resistance fighters placed a time bomb on the ferry SF Hydro , sinking it in the deep waters of Lake Tinnsjø. Legacy and Media
In the early 1940s, the German nuclear energy project was focused on developing a nuclear reactor and, ultimately, an atomic bomb. To do this, they required (deuterium oxide) as a neutron moderator. At the time, the only industrial-scale producer of heavy water in the world was the Vemork hydroelectric plant in Telemark, Norway. The Heroes of Telemark
Realizing the catastrophic potential of a Nazi nuclear weapon, Allied forces launched several high-stakes operations to destroy the plant and its supply lines: When the Germans attempted to ship the remaining