The Globus Raid

Danish partisans attacked an important Globus radio factory outside Copenhagen when they learned that parts for the new V-2 rocket were being manufactured there. On the appointed day, all the BOPA partisans that could be gathered together assembled on the outskirts of town with knapsacks and bicycles. Since …

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Danish partisans attacked an important Globus radio factory outside Copenhagen when they learned that parts for the new V-2 rocket were being manufactured there. On the appointed day, all the BOPA partisans that could be gathered together assembled on the outskirts of town with knapsacks and bicycles. Since almost all were in their teens, they gave the credible appearance of a boys’ camping club preparing for an outing – but in their packs were submachine guns, explosives and grenades.

Copenhagen, Denmark

The Danish resistance movements were an underground insurgency to resist the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Due to the initially lenient arrangements, in which the Nazi occupation authority allowed the democratic government to stay in power, the resistance movement was slower to develop effective tactics on a wide scale than in some other countries. Members of the Danish resistance movement were involved in underground activities, ranging from producing illegal publications to spying and sabotage. Major groups included the communist BOPA (Danish: Borgerlige Partisaner, Civil Partisans) and Holger Danske, both based in Copenhagen. Some small resistance groups such as the Samsing Group and the Churchill Club also contributed to the sabotage effort. Resistance agents killed an estimated 400 Danish Nazis, informers and collaborators until 1944. After that date, they also killed some German nationals.

Partisan

German

Scenario Type = Standard