In 1943 Norwegian resistance commandos sponsored by the SOE raided the enemy-occupied Norsk hydro plant in the Telemark region of Norway. This successful raid sabotaged the machinery that was producing heavy water which is used in the manufacture of the atomic bomb. Thanks to those heroic Norwegian commandos the enemy's attempt to develop the atomic bomb was thwarted.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Heroes of Telemark
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Lieutenant Charles Pope, VC
Lieutenant Charles Pope, Australian Imperial Force (Western Australia), 15th April 1917. From East London Advertiser: "Pope, a one-time London bobby, was born in Mile End in March, 1883. He emigra...
H. A. Webb
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Mulberry Harbours
Temporary portable harbours developed by the United Kingdom in WW2 for the rapid offloading of vehicles onto beaches. They were used mainly during the Normandy landings in June 1944. Designed by Ma...
Lieutenant James
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Lieutenant Richard James was born about 1900,...
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