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Word: vemark (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Stockholm last week came word of Nazi jitters in Norway. Four major power projects-at Vemark in the Rjukan Valley, Saude near Stavanger, Tysse east of Bergen and in the Glomfjord-each with nonferrous metal-producing facilities, have been abandoned by Nazi say-so. The reports spoke of four more such projects dropped. Estimated value: 300 to 500 million crowns ($60,000,000 to $100,000,000), furnished by Norwegian banks at the mouths of Nazi Mausers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Shrinking Festung | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

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