VAAGSO RAID -
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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics
(5 Jan 1942) The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the straight to Vaagso, amongst the first to land is Movietone cameraman Jack Ramsden. Vaagso too is quickly taken and Norwegian civilians are moved from danger. By two thirty in the afternoon the barges were withdrawing, the raid a success. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/53c4691199904a06af3eaa2e17b2e6e8
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