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But For These Men (ISBN 0705700453), a 1962 book by John D. Drummond, recounts two dramatic raids: on the Norsk Hydro heavy-water factory at Vemork and another the railway ferry Hydro. The Real Heroes of Telemark: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Stop Hitler's Atomic Bomb , a 2003 book by Ray Mears ( ISBN 0-340-83016-6 ), emphasises the ...
The complex commando raid on the underground Syrian factory could also be a shot across the bow for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities embedded in mountains.
A ruined factory building. The last significant raid on Birmingham came on 27 July 1942, when around 60 to 70 bombers attacked the city. The very last raid on the city came on 23 April 1943 when just two bombs fell on Bordesley Green, causing slight injury, and the last air raid siren sounded on 15 May 1944. [8]
The Supermarine factory building manufacturing Spitfires in Woolston was a target in the city. On 24 and 26 September 1940, the Luftwaffe bombed the riverside factory during two day-time raids. Much of the factory was destroyed and 110 people were killed. [1] Northam gasworks was also targeted on 26 September and 11 workers were killed in the ...
Due to the disproportional affect that a raid can have on an enemy, relative to the attacker's strength and the duration of the attack, raids are a favored tactic in irregular warfare. This article contains a list of military raids , not including air raids , sorted by the date at which they started:
As many as 800 activists gathered outside Tesla’s factory near Berlin Friday to protest its expansion plans, and some of them clashed with police as they attempted to break into the plant.
Japanese government health officials on Sunday inspected a factory producing health supplements linked to at least five deaths and the hospitalization of more than 100 others, one day after the ...
The Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord took place in July 1943 during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.Three strategic bombing attacks by Allied Forces were aimed at the former Fokker Aircraft Factory in the northern part of Amsterdam, which was of interest as the factory was confiscated by the Nazis and employees were forced to produce aircraft for the Luftwaffe.