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These are people from Norway who were associated with World War II ... Pages in category "Norwegian people of World War II" The following 94 pages are in this ...
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886–1945), military commander of Alaska early in World War II Sydney Chapman (1888–1970), mathematician and geophysicist; Advisory Scientific Director of the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska from 1951 until his death, where he was largely responsible for building the programs and reputation of ...
Carl Gustav Fleischer (1883–1942), first allied general to win a major victory against the Germans in World War II (Battle of Narvik). Gunvald Tomstad (1918–1970), resistance fighter/double agent (radio operator), who helped transmit axis ship movements to the allies and was partly responsible for helping discover and sink the Bismarck.
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Name Kills Awards Notes Aanjesen, Ola Gert: 7: Austeen, Arne: 6: KIA 4 May 1945 Bache, Knut: 5: KIA 7 May 1944 Berg, Rolf Arne: 7: War Cross, DFC with bar: KIA 3 February 1945 Bjørnstad, Bjørn
Norwegian Army personnel of World War II (2 C, 193 P) Norwegian World War II pilots (2 C, 29 P) P. Norwegian prisoners of war in World War II (53 P) R.
In 1940, following the German invasion of Norway General Fleischer was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian armed forces in North Norway. [9] At the time of the attack on 9 April 1940 Fleischer was at Vadsø in Finnmark as part of an inspection journey together with his chief of staff, Major Odd Lindbäck-Larsen. When message of the ...
His parents were Bjørulf Knutson Haukelid (1878–1944) and Sigrid Johanne Christophersen (1877–1969), a couple from Norway who were living in Brooklyn at that time. His father was civil engineer working for the Interborough Rapid Transit Company , a now-defunct operator of part of the New York City Subway (1902–1912).