This documentary (in Norwegian with English subtitles) tells the story of Operation Martin and Jan Baalsrud’s escape. It includes interviews with Baalsrud and others. (5/5)
This documentary (in Norwegian with English subtitles) tells the story of Operation Martin and Jan Baalsrud’s escape. It includes interviews with Baalsrud and others. (5/5)
He had a harrowing 2 month journey fleeing to neutral Sweden. Along the way, he was buried in an avalanche, amputated his own frostbitten toes, battled starvation, & went snowblind. He eventually made it to safety. (4/5)
https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/
He swam several hundred meters through ice water, bullets whizzing about him. One bullet sheared off a big toe. He lost a boot yet ran barefoot through the snow into a gully where he killed a German Gestapo officer with his pistol. (3/5)
Their boat was attacked by a German patrol ship. Baalsrud & his team blew up their boat with 8 tons of explosives & tried to escape in a dingy, but the German’s sank it. (2/5)
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/norwegian-jan-baalsrud.html
Mar 24, 1943: On this date in 1943, Norwegian Special Operations Executive operative Jan Baalsrud & 11 others entered Norway on a fishing boat to destroy a German air control tower & to recruit Norwegians to the resistance. (Operation Martin) They were betrayed to the Germans on 3/29. (1/5)
https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/20/great-survival-stories-jan-baalsrud-evades-nazi-dragnet/
#OnThisDay, 24 Mar 1944, Éliane Plewman is arrested by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France after six months operating as a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier carried messages and equipment around their network.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #EuropeanHistory #SOE
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Women in the Special Operations Executive used simple but effective tricks to stay undercover and avoid detection:
https://theconversation.com/the-women-spies-who-fooled-the-nazis-with-simple-tricks-251653
@ewen Skiing in Norway?
A days work for #RM Arctic Warfare Cadre
& their SOE ancestors
#Telemark / #HardangerPlateau / #Grouse #Gunnerside / #SOE #Commandos <https://youtu.be/aUfiMoY30ac?si=eistySXcXud2SMaQ>
Tervetuloa tietoturvapäiväämme 15.4! Käydään läpi miten turvataan IT ympäristöt, devauksen aikaisesta toimitusketjun tietoturvasta GitOps kautta tuotannon aktiiviseen valvontaan. Niin fyysisessä, virtuualikoneissa (Linux) ja konttimaailmassa.
https://events.redhat.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x1356658abcd
Several years ago, I saw Kate Vigurs talk about #Lidice at the #PotteriesMuseum in #StokeOnTrent. Now I'm here again to see her talk about women in #SOE
After the war, Fermor became a highly regarded travel writer & died June 10, 2011 at the age of 96; Moss was a journalist, broadcaster, & writer & died Aug 9, 1965. (5/5)
Nazi General Kreipe was interrogated in Egypt & ultimately transferred to a POW camp in Canada. Major Fermor was awarded the Distinguished Service Order & Moss was given the Military Cross. (4/5)
In a WW2 version of #owntheNazis, the commandos left a note indicating how sorry they were to leave behind the General's beautiful car. After being pursued across Crete by German forces, they were picked up by British boat on the south coast & taken to Egypt. (3/5)
On the night of April 26, 1944, Fermor and Moss, together with 2 members of the Resistance, George Tirakis & Manoli Paterakis, they kidnapped Nazi Gen Heinrich Kreipe, then drove him through 22 German checkpoints in his own car before abandoning it & disappearing into the mountains. (2/5)
Feb 11, 1915: On this date, future Special Operations Executive agent Patrick Leigh Fermor was born. In a remarkably daring mission, he & ‘Billy’ Moss led a team that kidnapped a German general on Crete. (1/5)
Henri Laussucq was the oldest OSS agent in the field. He operated as an advance underground agent in France in preparation for D-Day. He was awarded the Silver Star & recognized by President Truman for his work leading to the success of the D Day landings. He died in 1975. (2/2)
#WW2
#DDay
#SOE
#FSection
#OSS
#France
Photo at this link shows Pres Truman & OSS chief Major General William J. Donovan when Truman gave his personal congratulations to Laussucq for his work.
Jan 12, 1882: On this date, Henri Laussucq was born in Bordeaux, France. He immigrated to the US, naturalized as a US citizen, & lived in Pittsburgh. He served with the OSS & SOE F Section, Code name Arimis. Laussucq was delivered to France by submarine on March 22, 1944 (accompanied by fellow OSS operative Virginia Hall). He worked in the SAINT Circuit with an alias of Henri Lassot. (1/2)
#WW2
#DDay
#SOE
#FSection
#OfficeofStrategicServices
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/laussucq-henri-l.44749/
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- #Art #Streetart #PhotoArt #Fotografie #Photography #Viper #Wildlife #Snake #Artist
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