Operation Checkmate was the codename for a raid on shipping at Haugesund, Norway in April 1943 during the Second World War by British Commandos. The raiding party consisted of seven men of No. 14 Comm
Cockles (photograph taken during Operation Frankton)
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp memorial plaque for British and Commonwealth forces
Haugesund
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Haugesund is a town in Haugesund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located along the Karmsundet strait on the southwest coast of Norway. The town lies about 60 kilometres north of t
View of Smedasundet and parts of central Haugesund
Haraldshaugen
Part of central Haugesund
Karmøy pastures and St. Olav's church at Avaldsnes