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    Operation Fritham (30 April – 14 May 1942) was an Allied military operation during the Second World War to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the main...
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    Operation Gearbox (30 June – 17 September 1942) was a Norwegian and British operation that superseded Operation Fritham. The survivors of Fritham Force...
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    island of Spitsbergen during the Second World War. It superseded Operation Fritham, an expedition in May, to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the...
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    supplies and the technicians to install the Kröte. In April 1942, Operation Fritham, the landing of a Norwegian force at Barentsburg to occupy the islands...
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    on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. Operation Fritham, the first attempt to establish a base had been defeated when the...
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    Lackenbauer [2017] unless indicated. Operation Fritham Operation Gearbox Operation Gearbox II Operation Zitronella Operation Haudegen Schofield & Nesbit 2005...
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    World War II, he volunteered for a military operation, but was killed in action during Operation Fritham. He was born in Solund as the son of Edvard Sverdrup...
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    establish a garrison in the islands, which was done in May 1942 during Operation Fritham. Meanwhile, the Germans responded to the destruction of the weather...
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    North Pole, from 25 August to 3 September 1941. Operation Fritham was a Norwegian military operation, based from British soil, that had the goal of securing...
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  • Kitbag (1941) Operation Anklet (1941) Operation Archery, aka Måløy raid (1941) Operation Musketoon (1942) Operation Fritham (1942–1943) Operation Cartoon (1943)...
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