Allied Combined Operation from 25th August until 3rd September 1941

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Allied Combined Operation from 25th August until 3rd September 1941

Allied Combined Operation from 25th August until 3rd September 1941, codenamed Operation Gauntlet, where Canadian, British and Free Norwegian Forces landed on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, 650 miles south of the North Pole.The objective of Gauntlet was to deny Germany the coal, mining and shipping infrastructure, equipment and stores on Spitsbergen and suppress the wireless stations on the archipelago, to prevent the Germans receiving weather reports.
Picture shows: The mining power station at Barentsberg out of action after the raid.
Issued: September 1941

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Reach PLC
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Barentsberg
Spitsbergen
Norway

Media ID 21892578

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