Re:Joachim Roenneberg, who foiled Nazi nuclear plan, has died
by ionised on Monday October 22, 2018 @04:28AM
(#18273037)
Isn't that why they occupied Norway though, for heavy water?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Joachim Roenneberg, who foiled Nazi nuclear plan, has died
by qubex on Monday October 22, 2018 @06:03AM
(#18273403)
No. The Germans occupied Norway because most of their iron ore supplies (vital in wartime) came from deposits in northern Norway and because the long coastline was ideal for placing U-boot bases to harass shipping bringing in goods to the UK on a northern route. In some sense it was a “preventive occupation” because Britain and France were obviously eyeing some kind of interdiction.