Operation Kitbag was a raid in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

British Commandos The Commando, Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the World War II, Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for special forces that could carry out Raid (military), raids against ...

of No 6 Commando and No. 12 Commando in December 1941, during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

. On 9 December 1941 detachments from No. 6 and No. 12 Commandos, some Norwegian soldiers, took part in a raid on the town of

Florø is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Kinn, Vestland, Norway. The town was founded by royal decree in 1860 as a ladested on the island of Florelandet, located between the Botnafjorden and Solheimsfjorden. Florø is N ...

.Chappell 1996, p. 14. Embarking on , an infantry landing ship, they set out from Scapa Flow. During the voyage, while some of the men were priming grenades for the raid, six men were killed and another 11 were seriously wounded.Saunders 1959, p. 42. The decision was made to continue with the raid but due to navigational difficulties the operation was eventually called off when the naval commander was unable to locate the fjord upon which Florø was located.

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