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Accurate knowledge is indeed Priceless.. Rjukan is also known for one thing - in the 1920s and 1930s, and to a degree also in the 1940s it was one of the few sites in Europe where Hewy water was produced, in fact it was so important in the middle of the war that the german forces in Norway had a lot of soldiers in and around Rjukan - to protect it for being Blown up up - not that it mattered as it was more or less blown up in 1943 - and it was indeed one of the most challenging operations in the war, as Rjukan, and Vemork, where the station who produced hewy water was, was in a area where it was seen as impossible to even try to force their way into the site and to blow up the buildings - even the Britt's had some doubt about the value of blowing up the building - even as they also was very worried about the possibility of the transport of hewy water to germany, to be used in nuclear science - The whole Manhattan program was instigated because of the fear of Germany was able to make a nuclear bomb before US did it... And in 1940, when Germany occupied Norway - then it was seen as very important for the allied forces to be able to stop germany from gaining ground in Vemork.. And they tried to bomb Rjukan and the plant where the hewy water was produced - one drop at a time - but they failed miserable becouse of the high mountains around Rjukan - the only thing the allied air raid was able to do, was to blow up civilian houses in the outside of Rjukan, and kill/maim many... The plant itself was safe and secured. And it was also put extra security around the plant, after the raid, to secure the plant even more..
But the plant was indeed blown up finally - without any shoot fired by any of the ones who was in the actions - and few civilians was also hurt -as they was told to leave the building - and the installations inside the building was blown up.. In all 41 allied forces/soldiers was killed/executed by the germans - mostly because of the failure to land where they should land - some even crashed right by the authorities and was arrested - and shot the next day... But the few who managed to blow up the plant - was able to survive and to leave for Sweden - where they was able to survive to the war was over.. Sweden was by then rather in the know, that Germany was to loose the war, and they might as well be able to support the allied cause - as they had doing it to the germans before 1943 (The turning point was no doubt when Stalingrad todays Volgograd was inscirlet - and 90.000 german and axe forces had to go into pow status in Soviet Union (Not that it mattered to much according to the russians anyway) After 1943, many "natural" states was deciding that they was not to be to friendly with Germany anymore. Sweden was no exception from that rule - many of the older guard never forgot what Sweden did in the war, not in Norway at least..
But, it was might little of the target here, but no less, an interesting part of the history 
Diclotican
has crossed it off his list of sucking the life out of everything then.
