Modern era · 1941
Operation Gauntlet
Operation Gauntlet was an Allied Combined Operation from 25 August until 3 September 1941, during the Second World War. Canadian, British and Norwegian armed forces in exile (Utefronten, Outside Front) landed on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, 650 mi (1,050 km) south of the North Pole.
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- When
- 25 Aug 1941 – 3 Sept 1941
- Where
- Svalbard
- Era
- Modern
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Operation Gauntlet, CC BY-SA 4.0