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Knut Haukelid DSO MC (May 17, 1911 - March 8, 1994) was a Norwegian military officer. He was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.
Knut Haukelid was a Norwegian resistance leader and engineer who sabotaged the German heavy water production during WWII. He was born in New York, twin brother of actress Sigrid Gurie, and received many awards and honors for his actions.
- May 17, 1911
- March 8, 1994
Mar 11, 1994 · Knut Anders Haukelid, a resistance fighter in World War II and one of the commandos who helped cripple Nazi Germany's atomic weapons program in Norway, died of heart failure Tuesday at Det...
Mar 11, 1994 · An obituary of Knut Haukelid, one of the Norwegian commandos who sabotaged Nazi Germany's atomic-weapons program in 1943. He died of heart failure in 1994 at age 82.
Mar 12, 1994 · Knut Anders Haukelid, 82, one of the “Heroes of Telemark” who helped cripple Nazi Germany’s atomic weapons program in Norway. During the height of World War II, Haukelid and eight other...
Learn about Knut Haukelid, a real-life hero who fought against Nazi occupation in Norway and Germany. He was a skilled skier, hiker, radio-operator, and spy who helped destroy a vital power plant in Operation Gunnerside.
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Oct 2, 2020 · Knut Haukelid, who’d stayed in Norway after Operation Gunnerside, was ordered to stop the convoy. On the 20th of February 1944, a train carrying the cylinders of heavy water left Rjukan.
