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Operation Leader was an air attack conducted against German shipping in the vicinity of Bodø, Norway, on 4 October 1943, during World War II.[1]

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  1. 116 relations: Air Medal, Aircraft carrier, Altafjord, Anti-aircraft warfare, Arctic convoys of World War II, Åmøya, Barge, Barrett Tillman, Battleship, Beaching (nautical), Bodø, Bodø (town), Bodø Airport, Bodø Main Air Station, Bomber, Boston, Brønnøysund, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Bulk carrier, Cargo liner, Combat air patrol, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Convoy, Counties of Norway, Destroyer, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Dive bomber, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Eric M. Hammel, Fairey Albacore, Fighter aircraft, First day of issue, Flagship, Floatplane, Flying boat, German battleship Scharnhorst, German battleship Tirpitz, German cruiser Deutschland, German occupation of Norway, Grumman F4F Wildcat, Grumman TBF Avenger, Heavy cruiser, Heinkel He 115, Helgeland, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Home Fleet, James P. Levy, Jürgen Rohwer, Junkers Ju 88, ... Expand index (66 more) »

  2. 1943 in Norway
  3. Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United States
  4. History of Nordland

Air Medal

The Air Medal (AM) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.

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Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Altafjord

The Altafjord (Altafjorden; Álttávuonna; Alattionvuono) is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Arctic convoys of World War II

The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia.

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Åmøya

Åmøya is an island in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway.

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Barge

Barge often refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion.

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Barrett Tillman

Henry Barrett Tillman (born 1948) is an American author who specializes in naval and aviation topics in addition to fiction and technical writing.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large, heavily armored warship with a main battery consisting of large-caliber guns, designed to serve as capital ships with the most intense firepower.

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Beaching (nautical)

Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.

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Bodø

Bodø (Bådåddjo, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway, with a population of approx.

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Bodø (town)

Bodø (Bådåddjo) is a town in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway, with a population of app.

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Bodø Airport

Bodø Airport (Bodø lufthavn) is a civil airport in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Bodø Main Air Station

Bodø Air Station (Bodø hovedflystasjon) is a military air base of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) located in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality, Nordland county, Norway.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brønnøysund

Brønnøysund is a town and the administrative centre of Brønnøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

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Bulk carrier

A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo—such as grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds.

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Cargo liner

A cargo liner, also known as a passenger-cargo ship or passenger-cargoman, is a type of merchant ship which carries general cargo and often passengers.

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Combat air patrol

Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.

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Counties of Norway

There are 15 counties in Norway. The 15 counties are administrative regions that are the first-level administrative divisions of Norway.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) is the official reference work for the basic facts about ships used by the United States Navy.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces.

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Dive bomber

A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops.

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Douglas SBD Dauntless

The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944.

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Eric M. Hammel

Eric M. Hammel (June 29, 1946 – August 25, 2020) was a military historian, with a focus on the military campaigns of the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War, and other military action in World War II as well as military conflicts including the Vietnam War and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

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Fairey Albacore

The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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First day of issue

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for useBennett, Russell and Watson, James; Philatelic Terms Illustrated, Stanley Gibbons Publications, London (1978) within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority.

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Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.

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Floatplane

A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy.

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Flying boat

A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water.

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German battleship Scharnhorst

Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.

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German battleship Tirpitz

Tirpitz was the second of two s built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and during the Second World War. Operation Leader and German battleship Tirpitz are naval aviation operations and battles.

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German cruiser Deutschland

Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers (often termed pocket battleships) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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German occupation of Norway

The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung.

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Grumman F4F Wildcat

The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet.

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Grumman TBF Avenger

The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviation services around the world.

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Heavy cruiser

A heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range and high speed, armed generally with naval guns of roughly 203 mm (8 inches) in calibre, whose design parameters were dictated by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

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Heinkel He 115

The Heinkel He 115 was a three-seat World War II Luftwaffe seaplane.

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Helgeland

Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway.

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown and Company between 1947 and 1962.

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Home Fleet

The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967.

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James P. Levy

James P. Levy (born January 5, 1965) is an American historian whose published works have dealt with the Royal Navy in the 20th century and with Great Britain in the 1930s.

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Jürgen Rohwer

Jürgen Rohwer (24 May 192424 July 2015) was a German military historian and professor of history at the University of Stuttgart.

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Junkers Ju 88

The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.

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Kriegsmarine

The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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Løkta

Løkta is an island in the municipality of Dønna in Nordland county, Norway.

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Lifeboat (shipboard)

A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

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Light cruiser

A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship.

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List of municipalities of Norway

Municipalities in Norway are the basic unit of local government.

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List of towns and cities in Norway

This is a list of towns and cities in Norway.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Lurøya, Nordland

Lurøya is an island in the municipality of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway.

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Margarine

Margarine (also) is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking.

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Marine salvage

Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty.

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MI6

The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.

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Midget submarine

A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to six or nine, with little or no on-board living accommodation.

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Minesweeper

A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines.

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Minister of Economic Warfare

The Minister of Economic Warfare was a British government position which existed during the Second World War.

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Myken Lighthouse

Myken Lighthouse (Myken fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Narvik

Narvik (Áhkanjárga) is the third-largest municipality in Nordland county, Norway, by population.

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National Naval Aviation Museum

The National Naval Aviation Museum, formerly known as the National Museum of Naval Aviation and the Naval Aviation Museum, is a military and aerospace museum located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

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No. 330 Squadron RNoAF

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No. 333 Squadron RNoAF

333 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force is a maritime patrol aircraft squadron.

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Nordland

Nordland (Nordlánnda, Nordlaante, Nordlánda, Northland) is one of the three northernmost counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west.

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Nordland Hospital Trust

Nordland Hospital Trust (Norwegian: Nordlandssykehuset, NLSH) is a part of the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority and covers the specialist health services for areas north of Saltfjellet in Nordland county.

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Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945

Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 is a Norwegian encyclopaedia covering the Second World War.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Aviation Museum

The Norwegian Aviation Museum (Norsk luftfartsmuseum) was opened by King Harald V on May 15, 1994.

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Norwegian campaign

The Norwegian campaign (8 April 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian military to the country's invasion by Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Norwegian Home Guard

The Norwegian Home Guard (Heimevernet – "HV") is the rapid mobilization force within the Norwegian armed forces.

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Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies

The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (Institutt for forsvarsstudier, IFS) is a defence research institute based in Oslo, Norway.

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Norwegian Institute of Local History

Norwegian Institute of Local History (Norsk lokalhistorisk institutt) is a division of the National Library of Norway.

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Norwegian Reserve Officers' Federation

The Norwegian Reservist Association (Norsk Reservistforbund) is an interest organisation for military reserve officers in Norway.

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Norwegian resistance movement

The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: Motstandsbevegelsen) to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945.

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Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea (Norskehavet; Noregshaf; Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to the northeast.

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Oil tanker

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.

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Olaf M. Hustvedt

Vice Admiral Olaf Mandt Hustvedt (23 June 1886 – 22 December 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Navy.

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Operation Hannibal

Operation Hannibal was a German naval operation involving the evacuation by sea of German troops and civilians from the Courland Pocket, East Prussia, West Prussia and Pomerania from mid-January to May 1945 as the Red Army advanced during the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Offensives and subsidiary operations. Operation Leader and operation Hannibal are military operations of World War II involving Germany.

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Operation Source

Operation Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships – ''Tirpitz'', ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Lützow'' – based in northern Norway, using X-class midget submarines. Operation Leader and Operation Source are 1943 in Norway, conflicts in 1943 and military operations of World War II involving Germany.

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Operation Torch

Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.

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Operation Zitronella

Operation Zitronella, also known as Unternehmen Sizilien (Operation Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard Archipelago, on 8 September 1943. Operation Leader and Operation Zitronella are 1943 in Norway.

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Patrick N. L. Bellinger

Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger CBE (October 8, 1885 – May 30, 1962) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral.

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Pensacola, Florida

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle.

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Propeller (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, an aircraft propeller, also called an airscrew,Beaumont, R.A.; Aeronautical Engineering, Odhams, 1942, Chapter 13, "Airscrews".

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Purple Heart

The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military.

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Rødøya

Rødøya is an island in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway.

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Røstlandet

Røstlandet or simply Røst is an island in Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Norwegian Navy

The Royal Norwegian Navy (Sea defence) is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard.

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Sandnessjøen

Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Sea Control Squadron 21

Sea Control Squadron 21 (VS-21) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spencer C. Tucker

Spencer C. Tucker is an American historian who was a Fulbright scholar, retired university professor, and author of works on military history.

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Squadron (aviation)

A squadron in an air force, or naval or army aviation service, is a unit comprising a number of military aircraft and their aircrews, usually of the same type, typically with 12 to 24 aircraft, sometimes divided into three or four flights, depending on aircraft type and air force.

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Stephen Roskill

Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, (1 August 1903 – 4 November 1982) was a senior career officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960.

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Strafing

Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons.

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Svalbard

Svalbard, previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Swedish iron-ore industry during World War II

Swedish iron ore was an important economic and military factor in the European theatre of World War II, as Sweden was the main contributor of iron ore to Nazi Germany.

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Task force

A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity.

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Torpedo bomber

A torpedo bomber is a military aircraft designed primarily to attack ships with aerial torpedoes.

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Troopship

A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime.

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Ultra (cryptography)

adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park.

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United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces.

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VFA-11

Strike Fighter Squadron 11 (VFA-11) is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, United States.

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VFA-14

The Strike Fighter Squadron 14 (VFA-14) "Tophatters" are a United States Navy fighter attack squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore.

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Vichy France

Vichy France (Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.

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Württembergische Landesbibliothek

The State Library of Württemberg (Württembergische Landesbibliothek or WLB) is a large library in Stuttgart, Germany, which traces its history back to the ducal public library of Württemberg founded in 1765.

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Wing (military unit)

In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Operation Leader and World War II are conflicts in 1943.

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See also

1943 in Norway

Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United States

History of Nordland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Leader

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