2 real historical locations · Norway
A 1965 British war film based on Operation Gunnerside — the Norwegian resistance mission to destroy the heavy water plant at Vemork in 1943, denying the Germans a key component for a potential atomic weapon. Kirk Douglas leads the saboteurs through the Norwegian winter.
CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Norway.
February 27-28 1943 — nine Norwegian commandos sabotage the Norsk Hydro plant in one of the most successful special operations of the war.
Operation Gunnerside destroyed 500kg of heavy water — five months of production — without a single casualty on either side. British intelligence had calculated that Germany needed the heavy water for potential nuclear...
View location →February 20 1944 — Norwegian resistance sinks the ferry SF Hydro carrying the final German stocks of heavy water across Lake Tinnsjo.
Knut Haukelid placed charges in the bilge of the ferry while other operatives created a diversion. The boat sank in four minutes; 14 Norwegian civilians and 4 Germans drowned. The heavy water — in 39 drums bound for G...
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