Strange and Facinating Facts of WWII

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(pg.250) Heimdal
Name of the personal yacht of King Haakon of Norway. It brought him back to Norway on June 7, 1945, after he spent the war years in exile in England.

(pg.441) Operation Thunderbolt
German breakout of the battle cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisennau, and Prinz Eugen from Brest on February 12, 1942.

(pg.487) Raider J
British designator for the Stier, a German armed commerce raider.