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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 .
No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War formed in 1940. Although it was intended to conduct small-scale raids and harass enemy garrisons along the coast of German-occupied France , the unit was mainly employed as a highly trained infantry assault unit.
British and German naval movements off Norway between 7 and 9 April 1940. Whitworth's force consisted of the battlecruiser Renown and the nine remaining destroyers.HMS Hotspur, Hardy, Havock, and Hunter were H-class destroyers, HMS Esk was an E-class destroyer and HMS Ivanhoe, Icarus and Impulsive were of the I class.
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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. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies.
In 1996, the Lofoten War Memorial Museum in Svolvær was opened, [4] an institution that William Hakvaag initiated and founded. [3] The museum displays Hakvaag's extensive private collection of military and civilian items from World War II in Norway, including 140 uniforms. [5] In 2010, the war museum became part of the Museum Nord.
Close-up of the "Fronterkjempermerket", "Pohjoisrintama Die Nordfront 1941-1943" SS Nordland ring and skull ring; Lofoten War Museum, Norway. Enlisted " frontkjemper " ("Frontfighter" a Norwegian Waffen-SS volunteer) SS- Mann (private) of the Regiment Nordland, with visiblebackpack, canteen and lunch box; Lofoten War Museum, Norway.