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Siege of Lofoton

Name: Siege of Lofoton – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1941

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill3 March 1941

Lofoton · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The British & Norwegians raid the occupied Lofoten Islands destroying 11 German ships

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill4 March 1941

Lofoton · Warfare / World War, 2nd

A commando raid destroys fish oil processing plants in Lofoton, northern Norway

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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