[post_page_title]An invaluable contribution[/post_page_title]
Other than the contributions of its army, the Norwegian people played a role that may have proven completely crucial. Like other countries under German occupation during the war, Norwegians formed a resistance movement that attempted to disrupt the Germans’ plans.
One of their most enduring victories was destroying a heavy water plant and a stockpile of heavy water – a necessary ingredient in the creation of atomic bombs – thereby dealing the German nuclear program a critical blow. This is on top of the merchant navy’s contributions to the Allied war effort.