Operation Claymore
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Operation Claymore was a British/Norwegian commando raid on the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway during the Second World War. The Lofoten Islands were an important centre for the production of fish oil and glycerine, used in the German war... Wikipedia
Location: Lofoten
Date: March 4, 1941
1 wounded: 228 captured; 10 ships sunk
500 British; 52 Norwegians; 7 ships: 1 armed trawler