Operation "Claymore"

Briefing: The High Command is planning a major divisional-sized assault to sever the iron-ore route near Haugesund. However, other than dated Royal Navy outline maps, information on the topography of and enemy presence in this remote region of Norway is …

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Briefing: The High Command is planning a major divisional-sized assault to sever the iron-ore route near Haugesund. However, other than dated Royal Navy outline maps, information on the topography of and enemy presence in this remote region of Norway is lacking. To obtain this intelligence commando landings on unpatrolled sections of the coast around the pon are to take place over the next fortnight. Each is to develop into a reconnaissance in force. From the German reaction to the raids, debriefing of the SUl"Vlvmg c~o officers. should enable Military Intelligence to devise a fairly complete estimate of Wehrmacht positions the region. Further, each commando officer is to take note of fortifications major terrain features: lakes, and the general "lay of the land"; the survivor's reports will be culled and assessed to provide intelligence. Your Commando has been assigned a landing point in a fjord north of Haugesund. The mission is considered extremely hazardous, as neither the terrain nor the enemy forces the Commando may encounter can be known beforehand.

Haugesund, Norway

The Commandos formed during the Second World War, following an order from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in June 1940 for a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe. Churchill stated in a minute to General Ismay on 6 June 1940: "Enterprises must be prepared, with specially-trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts, first of all on the "butcher and bolt" policy..." Commandos were all volunteers for special service and originally came from the British Army but volunteers would eventually come from all branches of the United Kingdom's armed forces and foreign volunteers from countries occupied by the Germans. These volunteers formed over 30 individual units and four assault brigades. The commandos would serve in all the theatres of war from the Arctic Circle, to Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their operations ranged from small groups of men landing from the sea or by parachute to a brigade of assault troops spearheading the Allied invasions of Europe and Asia.

Wikipedia: British Commando operations during the Second World War

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