What the records say
- When
- 4 Mar 1941
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 68.15° N, 14.20° E
- Description
- raid by British and Norwegian forces in the Lofoten Islands in 1941
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Operation Claymore – British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the Lofoten Islands, off the north coast of Norway”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “raid britannique sur les îles Lofoten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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