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Operation Wilfred

Name: Operation Wilfred – 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

1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill16 February 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Advocates mining Norwegian waters to force a German response.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill16 February 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Presses for mining Norwegian waters to disrupt the ore route from Narvik.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill8 April 1940

Norwegian Waters · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Churchill backs the Royal Navy mining operation intended to disrupt German access to Swedish iron ore.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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