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Contents 1 Norwegian place names 2 Result 3 German troop numbers 4 Fighting Jack Churchill

[edit] Norwegian place names

The names in this article can be confusing. The main names used are the ones used by the British military in planning and later reports. These are at best spelled wrongly. In addition there is a complicated relationship between the names in this area and their history. I will try to clarify here and if someone wants to try to incorporate it in the article they are welcome.

• Vaagso: In Norwegian this will be Vågsøy. This is the large island which gives the municipality of Vågsøy its name. The municipality was at this time divided in two separate municipalities called Nord-Vågsøy (North-Vågsøy) and Sør-Vågsøy (South-Vågsøy).

• The town of South Vaagso: This must mean Måløy. The town center and administrative center of Sør-Vågsøy then and Vågsøy now. It is situated on the large island of Vågsøy, but it is not an island itself even though øy means island... See also Maaloy Island.

• Maaloy Island: This must be Moldøen a.k.a Lisje-Måløyna(Little Måløy). This is a small island between the island of Vågsøy and the mainland. The main land defences of the harbour and the town was situated here. Historicaly the town and tradecenter was situated on this island. This was gradualy moved over to the larger island of Vågsøy. The name Moldøen was moved as well, but later changed to Måløy in order to make the spelling more Norwegian (less danish influenced). Now the island has a ropefactory and fish storagehall. It only has two residential houses and is connected to Måløy by a road on filled out land.

• Hollevik: Holvik is a small center south of Måløy on the island of Vågsøy.

Inge 16:35, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Result

Raiding force blows up targets and escapes with modest casualties, 10 ships sunk, 200 Germans killed or captured = "German victory" Discuss. GraemeLeggett 19:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I have changed it to result=Allied objectives met. It was certainly not a German victory. The Germans were taken totally by surprize and by the end of the raid the allies had total controll of the area. The raid was not an invasion attemt, the allies left the area when all their objectives and more were met as planned. The Norwegians who decided to go with the allies back to Britain even had good time to pack as ceveral pictures show. The more longterm impact of the raid was that many maps showing German coastal defences on much of the European coastline were captured and later used during D-Day. In addition to much needed training in combined coastal attacs. It also convinced Hitler even more that the allies were planning to invade Norway. He therefore allocated huge resources both on manpower and materials towards strenghtening the defence of Norway. Resources much needed elsewere (some 400 000 soldiers stood idle in Norway in 1945). Inge 15:58, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] German troop numbers

I've added German troop numbers, and that they had a single tank in the town, to the page. The figures are from an account of the mission published in "The Elite" a weekly British magazine from 1985 which ran stories on several elite and special forces units. The account's author is Brig. Peter Young who was a part of the raid. Scott Fry

[edit] Fighting Jack Churchill

how come theres no mention of fighting jack chuchill leading the troops into battle play his bag pipes armed only with a longbow and claymore? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.104.87 (talk) 01:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Where does the reference to gebirgsjäger come from?