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Operation Seagull was a British action during the Second World War to destroy several Nazi-controlled industrial targets including a smelter at Arendal, with the help of Kompani Linge agents from Norway. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Allied codenames - sorted by theatre of operation". csn.ul.ie. 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Believed mined about the 10th, Royal Norwegian Navy officially declared her lost on the 20th, the Royal Navy on the 28th.
  3. ↑ Kindell, Don (2013). "Royal Norwegian Navy casualties - World War II". patriotfiles.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "What Did You Do In The War, Dundee? — HMS Ambrose". dundee-at-war.net. 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2013.


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