Qualla: Operation Musketoon https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Operation Musketoon https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon Operation Musketoon: Introduction https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit MattiPaavola, CC BY-SA 3.0. The equipment list alone tells you this was a one-way mission in everything but hope. Each man carried a silk map of Norway and Sweden, a paper map of Russia, Norwegian kroner banknotes, two compasses sewn into his collar tabs, a hacksaw blade, a fighting knife, and a Colt M1911 pistol. Captain Joseph Houghton carried the only suppressed Sten gun. There was no extraction plan. The original pickup by flying boat had been cancelled before departure as too risky. If the twelve men of Operation Musketoon succeeded in destroying the Glomfjord power plant, they would have to walk to Sweden.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/u7cg-operation-musketoon-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Operation Musketoon: Churchill's Hunter Class https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit Matti Paavola (User:MattiPaavola), CC BY-SA 3.0. Operation Musketoon grew from Winston Churchill's demand, issued after the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, for "specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast." The unit selected was No. 2 Commando, which had already bloodied itsel...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/u7cg-operation-musketoon-churchills-hunter-class.mp3 0:06 2 full Operation Musketoon: Across the North Sea in a French Submarine https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit Matti Paavola (User:MattiPaavola), CC BY-SA 3.0. The team crossed the North Sea aboard a Free French Navy submarine commanded by Commander Querville. The vessel was chosen because its silhouette resembled a German U-boat, an advantage if spotted on the surface. Departing the Orkney Islands at 11:40 on September 11, 1942, the su...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/u7cg-operation-musketoon-across-the-north-sea-in-a-french-submarine.mp3 0:06 3 full Operation Musketoon: Ten Minutes of Plastic Explosive https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit Matti Paavola (User:MattiPaavola), CC BY-SA 3.0. On the night of the raid, nine commandos approached the rear of the power plant while two stood guard. Inside, they found only a Norwegian engineer on duty; the Germans had left the control room. The Norwegian workers were gathered and directed to evacuate through an access tunne...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/u7cg-operation-musketoon-ten-minutes-of-plastic-explosive.mp3 0:06 4 full Operation Musketoon: Two Fates https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit Matti Paavola (User:MattiPaavola), CC BY-SA 3.0. Fleeing the explosion, the twelve commandos split into two groups. Four men - including Lance Sergeant Richard O'Brien, Private Fred Trigg, and Private John Fairclough - reached neutral Sweden and were eventually repatriated to Britain. O'Brien received the Distinguished Conduct ...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/7/c/g/operation-musketoon-wp/u7cg-operation-musketoon-two-fates.mp3 0:06 5 full Operation Musketoon: The Names That Remain https://qualla.com/operation-musketoon/ Photo credit Matti Paavola (User:MattiPaavola), CC BY-SA 3.0. After the war, Captain Black was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Captain Houghton the Military Cross, both backdated to November 1942. The seven executed men are commemorated on a memorial plaque at Sachsenhausen and at the Brookwood Memorial in England, ...

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