Commando Operations in Norway ww2

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From: http://www.nuav.net/commando.html#Crackers

Operation Claymore
Operation Gauntlet
Operation Anklet
Operation Archery
Operation Musketoon
Operation Freshman
Operation Cartoon
Operation Crackers
Operation Brandy
Operation Checkmate

OVERVIEW
The word ‘commando’ today conjures up many images of small bands of elite soldiers carrying out raids deep behind enemy lines. Much of this comes from some of the first operations carried out by British and allied ‘commandos’ during WWII in Norway.
The term ‘commando’ itself came from the Boer war in South Africa from 1899-1902 where bands of irregular Boers called ‘commandos’ would strike swiftly and suddenly at the British army.
This then was the name to be given to the new force of volunteers being formed in 1940 after Winston Churchill had decreed that Britain must be able to strike back at the Germans so as to keep up morale, tie down German forces and to foster an offensive spirit into an army and people who were staring into the face of an invasion.
This article gives a brief description of the commando raids conducted in Norway by the British and Norwegian commandos during WWII.