WW2 Lofoten Raid
A photograph which shows oil plants being fired during a raid in the Norwegian Lofoten Islands in WW2, Operation Claymore was a British commando raid, aimed at destroying the production of fish oil and glycerine, which was used in the German war economy
Picture No
13809797
Media ID
45162873
Size
4376px x 2990px
(4.6MB)
Credit
© CLM Archive Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph from The Navy's Here!' a Tuck book written by Captain Bernard Acworth, D.S.O., R.N
Date
circa 1941
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Aimed Claymore Commando Destroying Fired Glycerine Lofoten
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