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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water

Original title
Kampen om tungtvannet
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98 min.
Country
Norway Norway
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Action. Drama. War | II World War
Synopsis
A reconstruction of the two last sabotage actions against the Norsk Hydro Heavy Water (Deuterium, D2O) plant at Vemork, Rjukan, in 1943-44. After the first two allied attempt of stopping the production by British soldiers and American bombings, allied trained young local patriots became successful saboteurs. First by undermining the factory, and later after a rebuild, the sinking of the heavily guarded ferry trying to transport the heavy water to Germany, on Lake Tinnsjo.
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water
1948
Jean Dréville, Titus Vibe-Müller
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