Operation Details

Swan (i)

'Swan' (i) was a British operation by the Special Operations Executive to establish radio contact and provide arms instruction to resistance groups east of Kristiansand in German-occupied Norway (20 August 1942/February 1943).

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The radio operator, A. Fasting, was also to train small groups in the removal of collaborators by assassination.

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The two-man 'Swan' (i) party (G. BrĂ¥stad and Fasting) were delivered by the Free French submarine Minerve on the night of 20/21 August to the coast of western Norway, and established radio contact from 24 September. This operation was troubled by difficulties between local resistance groups and Fasting, who had been a member of the 'Cheese' party and was unpopular with local groups, among which his presence caused friction. Fasting left for Stockholm in neutral Sweden during November 1942, and BrĂ¥stad followed in February 1943. The local resistance group was badly affected by a series of arrests in December 1942.

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