Norway mourns hero who sabotaged Nazis' nuclear project

Joachim Rønneberg, who has died aged 99, led team that blew up heavy water factoryNorway is mourning the saboteur Joachim Rønneberg, who led a five-man team that daringly blew up a factory producing heavy water, depriving Nazi Germany of a key ingredient it could have used to make nuclear weapons.The prime minister, Erna Solberg, said Rønneberg, who died on Sunday at 99, was “one of our finest resistance fighters” whose “courage contributed to what has been referred to as the most successful sabotage campaign” in Norway. Continue reading…
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