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The Lofoten Islands were an important centre for the production of fish oil and glycerine, used in the German war economy. The landings were carried out on 4 March 1941, by 500 men of No. 3 Commando , No. 4 Commando , and a Royal Engineers section, and 52 men from Norwegian Independent Company 1 .
The Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) is a World War II museum located in Svolvær, Norway. [2] [3] It focuses on providing informative content about the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on events that took place in the Lofoten area and Northern Norway during the German occupation of Norway (1940–1945).
Operation Anklet was the codename given to a British Commando raid during the Second World War.The raid on the Lofoten Islands was carried out in December 1941, by 300 men from No. 12 Commando and the Norwegian Independent Company 1.
In the Burma Campaign, 3 Commando Brigade comprising No. 5 Army Commando, No 44 RM Commando, No. 42 RM Commando, and No.1 Army Commando, took part in the coastal landings during the Allied Southern Front offensive of 1944/1945. The campaign culminated in the battle of Hill 170 at Kangaw.
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Donald Featherstone was born on 20 March 1918 in London. [1] and during the Second World War, he joined the Royal Armoured Corps.An account of his war experiences with the 51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment can be found in his book Lost Tales.
Eyewitness Books (called Eyewitness Guides in the UK) is a series of educational nonfiction books. They were first published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley in 1988. The series now has over 160 titles on a variety of subjects, such as dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, flags, chemistry, music, the solar system, film, and William Shakespeare ...
This series is a prequel to the In Fury Born set a few hundred years before that book. This series is set during the League Wars and tells of the beginning of the rise of the house of Murphy. Governor (June 2021) ISBN 978-1-9821-2540-0. Rebel (September 2024) ISBN 978-1-9821-9360-7.