Operation Gunnerside was a British-directed sabotage mission by Norwegian commandos of Kompani Linge against the Vemork heavy-water plant in German-occupied Norway, carried out on the night of 27-28 February 1943. Six Norwegian saboteurs, trained by Britain's Special Operations Executive, skied into the Vemork facility, planted explosive charges in the electrolysis chambers, and destroyed the plant's entire heavy-water inventory without any Allied casualties. The raid is credited with delaying Nazi Germany's nuclear weapons research. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Operation TypeSpecial-forces raid (industrial sabotage) 1 LocationVemork hydroelectric plant, Rjukan, Telemark, German-occupied Norway 1 ParticipantsKompani Linge (Norwegian Independent Company 1) commandos, British Special Operations Executive 1 ObjectiveDestroy heavy-water production at the Vemork plant to inhibit German nuclear weapons research 1 OutcomeThe entire heavy-water inventory, over 500 kilograms, was destroyed along with critical electrolysis equipment, with no Allied casualties 1 Operation Type
Operation Type (category)Special-Forces Operation 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Operation Gunnerside
WikipediaOperation Gunnerside section
The raid was considered successful. The entire inventory of heavy water produced during the German occupation, over 500 kg, was destroyed with equipment critical to the operation of the electrolysis chambers.
- In Category: Military Operations
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