Word: rena
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end the Norse were backed up to the north end of Lake Mjösa, and almost to Rena on the Glomma River. Their chance of surviving by guerrilla warfare until the Allies came-shooting down on valley highways from ambushes along the hills-was endangered by a shortage of materiel. The Germans had captured the country's most important ammunition factory, at Kongsberg, arsenals at Nittedal and Raufoss, a powder factory, 1,000,000 rounds of rifle ammunition. This was bad news because Norway's Krag-Jorgsen rifles (6.5 mm.) will not shoot...