
WW2: The Viking Commandos of Telemark
Warfare
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Strategic Bombing - The First Idea Was to Send in Commandos
The first idea was to send in commanders. After all, they had set up a whole series of commando operations instrumental units that were under way. Well, it was a complete fiasco. The group that was over there, their plane crashed. The commandes who weren't killed in the crash were then either shot or put to death by the notses. It was a big failure. So what di we do next? Well, what it became clear was that if english commanders can't pull us off, maybe norwegian ones can. Andmaybe they'll have both the knowhow in terms of understanding the torrain and even the mark facilities itself as they had on part of ther norwegian
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