List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II - Quiz
  • 1. What was the purpose of Operation Alphabet in 1940?
A) Bombing of the Gestapo headquarters
B) Destruction of a heavy water plant
C) Evacuation of British troops from Norway
D) Invasion of the Lofoten Islands
  • 2. What was the goal of Operation Apostle in 1945?
A) Occupy the Faroe Islands
B) Evacuate British troops
C) Enforce German surrender in Norway
D) Mine the Norwegian coast
  • 3. Operation Archery took place in 1941 at which location?
A) Bornholm, Denmark
B) Copenhagen, Denmark
C) Vågsøy, Norway
D) Reykjavik, Iceland
  • 4. Which operation involved the RAF bombing the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen?
A) Carthage
B) Musketoon
C) Archery
D) Claymore
  • 5. What was the primary objective of Operation Fork in 1940?
A) Invasion of Iceland
B) Invasion of Norway
C) Liberation of Denmark
D) Control of the Baltic Sea
  • 6. Operation Catherine was a British plan intended for what region?
A) Vemork
B) Baltic Sea
C) Spitzbergen
D) Sognefjord
  • 7. Which operation was the second raid on the heavy water plant at Vemork?
A) Grouse
B) Sunshine
C) Freshman
D) Gunnerside
  • 8. Operation Grouse served what purpose in 1942?
A) Mining the coast
B) Destruction of power stations
C) Norwegian guide party for Freshman
D) Protecting power installations
  • 9. What was the alternative name for Operation Apostle?
A) Kitbag
B) Wilfred
C) Jupiter
D) Doomsday
  • 10. Operation Valentine in 1940 involved the British occupation of which place?
A) Lofoten Islands
B) Zealand
C) Faroe Islands
D) Iceland
  • 11. Operation Wilfred was a plan to do what to the Norwegian coast?
A) Invade it
B) Mine it
C) Bomb shipping along it
D) Evacuate troops from it
  • 12. What was the objective of the Swedish plan Rädda Bornholm?
A) Planned landings on Bornholm
B) Liberation of Norway
C) Protection of power installations
D) Evacuation of British troops
  • 13. Operation Sunshine was designed to protect what?
A) Essential power installations
B) Heavy water plants
C) Gestapo headquarters
D) German shipping lanes
  • 14. Operation Musketoon involved the destruction of what?
A) Gestapo headquarters
B) A power station in Norway
C) A heavy water plant
D) German U-boat pens
  • 15. Operation Leader targeted German shipping in which area?
A) Florø
B) Bodø
C) Copenhagen
D) Sognefjord
  • 16. Operation Anklet was a raid on which location?
A) Vemork
B) Lofoten Islands
C) Stord
D) Spitzbergen
  • 17. What was Operation Kitbag in 1941?
A) Mining operation
B) Successful raid on a power station
C) Invasion of Iceland
D) Aborted commando raid
  • 18. Operation Jupiter was a suggested invasion of which country?
A) Iceland
B) Sweden
C) Norway
D) Denmark
  • 19. The OSS supported which operation in Sweden in 1944?
A) Operation Cartoon
B) Operation Brandy
C) Rädda Danmark
D) The Sepals/Perianth Operation
  • 20. What was the Finnish Operation Hokki intended to achieve?
A) Evacuation of German troops
B) Capture of the Åland islands
C) Destroy railroad tracks to deny Soviet supplies
D) Joint attack on Kandalaksha
  • 21. Operation Holzauge in 1942 took place in which location?
A) Greenland
B) Norway
C) Finland
D) Denmark
  • 22. Lachsfang was a proposed combined attack against which two locations?
A) Petsamo and Murmansk
B) Narvik and Trondheim
C) Kandalaksha and Belomorsk
D) Oslo and Bergen
  • 23. Operation Nordlicht 2 involved a German withdrawal from where?
A) Åland islands
B) Suursaari
C) Kola Peninsula
D) Greenland
  • 24. Operation Blaufuchs 1 involved the staging of German forces from Germany to where?
A) Northern Finland
B) Petsamo
C) Greenland
D) Trondheim
  • 25. Operation Platinfuchs was a joint attack towards which city?
A) Oslo
B) Narvik
C) Murmansk
D) Kandalaksha
  • 26. Operation Renntier involved the German occupation of which location?
A) Åland islands
B) Petsamo
C) Suursaari
D) Svalbard
  • 27. Operation Safari in 1943 was conducted to do what?
A) Secure railroad lines
B) Capture and disarm Danish forces
C) Invade Iceland
D) Evacuate Norway
  • 28. Operation Sizilien was a raid upon which location?
A) Allied-occupied Spitzbergen
B) The Kola Peninsula
C) The Åland islands
D) Northern Finland
  • 29. What was the outcome of Tanne Ost?
A) Successful occupation of Iceland
B) Successful capture of Åland
C) Failed attempt to capture Suursaari
D) Successful evacuation of Narvik
  • 30. Operation Zitronella is an alternate name for which operation?
A) Sizilien
B) Hokki
C) Nordlicht 2
D) Büffel
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