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- 時期
- 1942年9月17日
- 種類
- 軍事作戦
- 座標
- 78.00° N, 16.00° E
- Description
- 1942 Norwegian and British operation during the Second World War
Operation Gearbox
1942 British and Norwegian operation on Spitsbergen
Operation Gearbox was a joint Norwegian and British operation to occupy the Arctic island of Spitsbergen during the Second World War. It superseded Operation Fritham, an expedition in May, to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard Archipelago which had failed when attacked by four German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor reconnaissance bombers.
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