Maximo Guillermo Manus DSO, MC & Bar was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and
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Max Manus on the wreck of the SS Donau which he sank on 16 January 1945. The photograph is from 1952, when Manus was present when the ship was raised again. National Archives of Norway
"Max Manus" as a "tail fin hero"
The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:
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…Maximo Guillermo Manus DSO, MC & Bar (9 December 1914 – 20 September 1996) was a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II, specialising in sabotage in occupied Norway. After the war he wrote several books about his adventures and started the…
Soviets meet Norwegians sheltering in a mine in Finnmark
Norwegian refugees undergoing military training in Sweden
The German surrender of Akershus Fortress to Terje Rollem on 11 May 1945.
The obverse of a 1940 Norwegian krone. Coins with the H7 monogram were worn by Norwegian nationalists as jewellery during the occupation, and subsequently confiscated by German authorities.