Derek Law's Bibliography

Category: Lofotens Raid

Name: Lofotens Raid
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Documents: 5

836 HOLMAN, Gordon. Commando Attack. 160p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1942.

A war correspondent's view of the commandos and of his own trip with them on the second Lofoten's Raid. A revised edition appeared later the same year with some sparse details of the Commandos' role in the Dieppe raid.

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837 JOHN, Evan. Lofoten Letter. [vii], 67p., illus. London: Heinemann, 1941.

A description of a raid on the Lofotens by an ex-actor serving with a Special Service Battalion. Originally a letter to his wife, it has been revised for publication.

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838 MIKES, H. George. The Epic of Lofoten. 79p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1941].

The story of the Lofoten islanders in wartime, particularly those who took the opportunity of the raid to escape to the UK.

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MACE, Martin & GREHAN, John. The Battle for Norway 1940-1942.  xii, 174p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2015. ISBN: 1783462329.

Reprints six despatches from the London Gazette with a brief introduction, namely 37584, Operations in Central Norway in 1940; 38005, First and Second Battles of Narvik; 38011, Operations in Northern Norway; 38300, Carrier-borne aircraft attack on Kirkenes and Petsamo; 38331, Raid on the Lofoten Islands; 38342, Raid on Vaagso Island.

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MACE, Martin & GREHAN, John. The Battle for Norway 1940-1942.  xii, 174p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2015. ISBN: 1783462329.

Reprints six despatches from the London Gazette with a brief introduction, namely 37584, Operations in Central Norway in 1940; 38005, First and Second Battles of Narvik; 38011, Operations in Northern Norway; 38300, Carrier-borne aircraft attack on Kirkenes and Petsamo; 38331, Raid on the Lofoten Islands; 38342, Raid on Vaagso Island.

 

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