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Description Lot 11609-3: Operation Gauntlet, August-September 1941. Allied Landing on Spitzbergen: Canadian and British and Norwegians stop enemy fuel source, bringing rescued Norwegians to Britain. Shown: Demolition by Royal Canadian Engineers of wireless station. The wireless stations were kept going to the last, sending messages to Germany. Office of War Information Photograph. (2015/10/23).
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