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Operation Fritham : ウィキペディア英語版 | Operation Fritham
Operation ''Fritham'' was a World War II Norwegian military operation, based from British soil, that had the goal of securing the rich coal mines on the island of Spitsbergen (a part of Svalbard) and denying their use to Nazi Germany.〔(''Andre Verdenskrig på Svalbard'' (Svalbard Museum) )〕 ==The mission== On 30 April 1942, 82 men from the Norwegian Brigade in Scotland sailed aboard the steamships ''Selis'' and ''Isbjørn'' from Greenock heading for Svalbard. On 14 May, the two ships were sunk by ''Luftwaffe'' Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor long-range patrol bombers. Twelve men were killed and 15 wounded. The operation's commander was Einar Sverdrup, who died on the mission. Sverdrup had been the CEO of the Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, a Norwegian coal mining company based in Svalbard.〔(''Edvard Sverdrup'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕
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