Lofoten Islands Raid

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Operation_Claymore
gptkbp:capturedBy Enigma machine components
gptkbp:casualties German prisoners taken
no Allied casualties
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Martin_Linge
Lieutenant Colonel Durnford-Slater
gptkbp:conductedBy gptkb:Royal_Norwegian_Navy
gptkb:British_Commandos
gptkbp:date 4 March 1941
gptkbp:destroyedBy German shipping
factories producing fish oil
oil stores
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Operation_Archery
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom 228 German prisoners
314 Norwegian volunteers evacuated
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lofoten Islands Raid
gptkbp:location gptkb:Lofoten_Islands,_Norway
gptkbp:objective destroy fish oil factories
destroy German military installations
capture Enigma machine materials
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:precededBy Operation Collar
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:shipsInvolved gptkb:HMS_Edinburgh
gptkb:HMS_Eskimo
gptkb:HMS_Somali
gptkb:HMS_Bedouin
gptkb:HMS_Legion
gptkb:HMS_Prince_Leopold
gptkb:HMS_Princess_Beatrix
gptkb:HMS_Nigeria
gptkb:HMS_Aurora
gptkb:HMS_Tartar
gptkbp:significance boosted British morale
provided intelligence for codebreaking at Bletchley Park
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Anklet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7