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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?
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.