Opération Musketoon

[Diagram by Task Groups]

Start: Tuesday September 15, 1942

Ending: Monday September 21, 1942

Sabotaging raid against an aluminium plant in the Glomfjord south of Narvik. It is successful since the factory was not repaired until the end of the war.

Place: Norway

Type: Commando

	Allies	Germany
Forces	Commando transport: 1 mine layer submarine. Escort at the departure from the Orkneys: 3 submarines. Total: 3 submarines, 1 mine layer submarine 12 men.	-
Losses	8 deads. Among them seven prisonners executed on Hitler's special order.	-

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