Operation Claymore

raid by British and Norwegian forces in the Lofoten Islands in 1941
Event raid Q1233004
Operation Claymore
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Operation Claymore

Summary

Operation Claymore is a raid[1]. It draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (raid category, ranking #15 of 123).[2]

Key Facts

  • Operation Claymore is in the country of Norway[3].
  • Operation Claymore's image is recorded as Raid on the Lofoten Islands, 4 March 1941 N396.jpg[4].
  • Operation Claymore's instance of is recorded as raid[5].
  • Operation Claymore's location is recorded as Lofoten[6].
  • Operation Claymore's part of is recorded as World War II[7].
  • Operation Claymore's part of is recorded as Arctic naval operations of World War II[8].
  • Operation Claymore's part of is recorded as German occupation of Norway[9].
  • Operation Claymore's part of is recorded as North West Europe Campaign[10].
  • Operation Claymore's Commons category is recorded as Operation Claymore[11].
  • Operation Claymore's point in time is recorded as +1941-03-04T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Operation Claymore's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.1525, 'lon': 14.2}[13].
  • Operation Claymore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026g_d[14].
  • Operation Claymore's participant is recorded as No. 3 Commando[15].
  • Operation Claymore's participant is recorded as No. 4 Commando[16].
  • Operation Claymore's participant is recorded as Norwegian Independent Company 1[17].
  • Operation Claymore's participant is recorded as Nazi Germany[18].
  • Operation Claymore's participant is recorded as Nasjonal Samling[19].
  • Operation Claymore's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Lofot-raidene[20].
  • Operation Claymore's commanded by is recorded as Louis Keppel Hamilton[21].

Why It Matters

Operation Claymore draws 124 Wikipedia views per month (raid category, ranking #15 of 123).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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