What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1945 – Aug 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 59.91° N, 10.72° E
- Description
- 1945 occupation of Norway by the 1st Airborne Division
Operation Doomsday
1945 occupation of Norway by the 1st Airborne Division
In Operation Doomsday, the British 1st Airborne Division acted as a police and military force during the Allied occupation of Norway in May 1945, immediately after the victory in Europe during the Second World War. The division maintained law and order until the arrival of the remainder of Force 134, the occupation force.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de l’opération Doomsday, destinée à assurer la libération de la Norvège”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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