military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (03/06/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 4 March, 1941 British and Norwegian commandos successfully complete Operation Claymore, a raid on Lofoten Island off northern Norway. They destroy six fish oil plants needed for explosives manufacture, liberate 300 Norwegian patriots, and capture 215 Germans and Norwegian collaborationists. British destroyers, meanwhile, sink six merchant ships. Seven Germans are killed without loss to the Allied force. The British are pleased with this success of their first commando raid, but German reprisals against Norwegians are severe. The first Commonwealth forces, including the 6th Australian and 2nd New Zealand divisions, together with a Polish brigade, embark for Greece. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia meets with Hitler at Berchtesgaden, and is urged to join the Axis. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Only fools can believe that 1918 will be repeated." - Adolf Hitler