---
title: "Operation Gunnerside: The Mission That Changed the Course of World War II"
id: "1819"
type: "post"
slug: "operation-gunnerside"
published_at: "2025-01-08T00:28:45+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-04-15T16:42:36+00:00"
url: "https://theresistancehub.com/operation-gunnerside/"
markdown_url: "https://theresistancehub.com/operation-gunnerside.md"
excerpt: "Operation Gunnerside stands as one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in the history of warfare. On the night of February 27–28, 1943, nine Norwegian commandos infiltrated the heavily guarded Vemork hydroelectric plant in Telemark, Norway, and destroyed the..."
taxonomy_category:
  - "Sabotage"
taxonomy_post_tag:
  - "Covert Operations"
  - "Critical Infrastructure"
  - "Irregular Warfare"
  - "Military History"
  - "Resistance Tactics"
  - "Sabotage"
  - "Sabotage Operations"
  - "Special Operations"
  - "Unconventional Warfare"
  - "WWII"
---

# Operation Gunnerside: The Mission That Changed the Course of World War II