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Invasion of Lofoten Island

Name: Invasion of Lofoten Island – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1941

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill26 December 1941

Lofoten Island · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Britain launches Operation Archery, a commando attack against the Lofoten Island off Norway

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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