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A combined force of Canadian,...

history · 26 August 1941 · 83 years ago

A combined force of Canadian, British, and Norwegian commandos landed on Spitzbergen. The coal-mining installations and equipment there were destroyed and the Norwegian civilian populace was evacuated. 

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