Operation Cheese
Encyclopedia
Operation Cheese was an intelligence operation carried out by Special Operations Executive
(SOE) in Norway during World War II
. Key persons were Odd Starheim
and Gunvald Tomstad
, who established radio communications with UK and developed an intelligence network in Southern Norway. The radio station was located at Tomstad's farm Helle, three kilometers outside the town Flekkefjord
.
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
(SOE) in Norway during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Key persons were Odd Starheim
Odd Starheim
Odd Kjell Starheim, DSO was a Norwegian resistance fighter and SOE agent during the Second World War. He died when a Norwegian ship he had captured off the coast of Norway was sunk by German bombers on its way back to the United Kingdom.-Early life:Born in Lista, Vest-Agder, Odd Starheim was the...
and Gunvald Tomstad
Gunvald Tomstad
Gunvald Jørg Tomstad was a Norwegian resistance member during World War II. From 1941 to 1943 he was a double agent and radio operator in the Flekkefjord area....
, who established radio communications with UK and developed an intelligence network in Southern Norway. The radio station was located at Tomstad's farm Helle, three kilometers outside the town Flekkefjord
Flekkefjord
is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.The town of Flekkefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The rural municipalities of Bakke, Gyland, Hidra, and Nes were merged with Flekkefjord on 1 January 1965.Flekkefjord is the westernmost town of the...
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