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Lofoton in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Lofoton in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1941–1941

Historical events in Lofoton

1941

3 March 1941
Siege of Lofoton
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

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

4 March 1941
Siege of Lofoton
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

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

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