Princess Anne visit reveals how UK-Norway alliance helped to stop Nazis building atomic bomb aol.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aol.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nazi Germany Needed One Key Ingredient to Make its Bombs and Norway Had It nationalinterest.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalinterest.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Why Did Britain Target Norway s Fish Oil Factories in World War II?
Nazi Germany was interested in fish oil’s ability to be distilled into glycerin to produce the nitroglycerine used in most high-explosive bombs and shells.
Here s What You Need to Know: The 1941 raid at Vågsøy was planned with an unusual target in mind.
Two days after Christmas on the morning of December 27, 1941 the icy Arctic calm of the Norwegian islands of Vågsøy and Måløy was shattered 8:48 AM as four Royal Navy destroyers and the light cruiser
HMS Kenya opened fire on the German garrison stationed there kicking off with a star shell.