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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C. Osborne
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
G. E. Woollett
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Flying Officer Hugh Hamilton Roe Browne
Hugh Hamilton Roe Browne was born on 10 April 1902 in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, one of the four children of Peter Otho Watkin Browne (1866-1955) and Jessie Browne née Carver (1862-1933). On 18 May 1...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. Jas. Govier
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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