Norway: Nazi Legacy Found in Norwegian Trees

Apr 11, 2018 | Jonathan Amos, BBC
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The relentless campaign to find and sink Germany's WWII battleship, the Tirpitz, left its mark on the landscape that is evident even today. The German navy would hide the ship in fjords and screen it with chemical fog. This "smoke" did enormous damage to the surrounding trees which is recorded in their growth rings.