Label design and graphic artwork by artist Heidi Holje. In the village Kapp by the lake Mjøsa, Heidi works with different types of art, design, graphic artwork and painting. She is also a lecturer in upper secondary school and arranges different types of courses in art and painting. The design is based on original maps…

Easter evening 1945: Two southerners on a top secret mission die when their plane crashes in the Orkney Islands. The operation they were part of may have shortened World War II by several months. ARENDAL / FARSUND / KIRKWALL: – There are still remains here. It’s been a while since I’ve been here now… yes, look…

Av Frode Lindgjerdet In September 1944, Finland and the Soviet Union made peace. The German troops in Finland were forced out and withdrew through Norway. This made Nordlandsbanen strategically important. The Allies feared that this was the start of a major withdrawal from Norway and that the 300,000 German soldiers in Norway would be deployed…

Article by Sgt. Kirstin Merrimarahajara – II Marine Expeditionary Force VǼRNES, Norway –Seventy-one years ago during World War II, Army Maj. William E. Colby led a group of over 30 men with the Office of Strategic Services on a highly important sabotage mission, called Operation Rype, in which they blew up bridges, ports and railroads…

Almost Home: The Story of the B-24 Crash at Walliwall Orkney – 31 March 1945 Paperback – 25 Jun. 2011 by David W. Earl (Author, Contributor) ALMOST HOME By David W.Earl. This book is the result of over 14 years research and tells the story behind the worst aviation accident in Orkney history, that of…

Norwegian Television NRK’s popular documentary series “Where no one should believe that anyone could live” (Der ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu) visited Gjefsjøen mountain farm in 2005. 22-year-old Nils Christian Gjefsjø has recently taken over his father’s farm, Gjefsjøen, close to the Swedish border in Nord-Trøndelag.

Book by Roger Hall With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows…

Student work by Bruce Heimark A  Thesis presented to the Department of History and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts, University of Nebraska at Omaha by Bruce Heimark, May, 1990. This thesis investigates the conduct of unconventional warfare as performed…