Military operation

Operasjon Rype

24 Mar 1945 · 59.93° N, 10.68° E

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When
24 Mar 1945
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
59.93° N, 10.68° E
Description
1945 US effort to sabotage Nazis occupying Norway

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Operasjon Rype

1945 US effort to sabotage Nazis occupying Norway

RYPE was the codename of the American airborne unit who in WW2 was dropped in the Norwegian mountains of Snåsa on March 24, 1945 to carry out sabotage actions behind enemy lines. From the base at the Gjefsjøen mountain farm, the group conducted successful railroad sabotages, with the intention of preventing the withdrawal of German forces from northern Norway. Rype was the only U.S.

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