The Operational Groups (OGs) are the unsung heroes of the OSS, and this story is about the Norwegian OGs, who operated deep behind enemy lines in France in 1944, and in Norway, China, and Indochina in 1945. OGs were the Infantry of the OSS. They were uniformed military personnel designed as hard-hitting units trained to operate deep behind enemy lines to conduct sabotage upon Axis forces. The OGs were trained in parachuting, demolitions, weaponry, commando tactics, communications, amphibious warfare, and skiing.
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The Norwegian Special Operations Group (OSS NORSO Group) breaks its code of silence and tells its stories of action in World War II.
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Leader of operation RYPE - OGs leader from US, Bill Colby double-crossed?,
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Chapter 15, "The Tragic Delivery of the RYPE Mission", page 70, quote; "In January 1945, the advanced party traveled by air from Scotland to the target area. On board were Lt. Tom Sather, T/Sgt. Borge Langeland, S/Sgt. Arne Listeid, and a Norwegian liaisson officer with the code name Hoel (Herbert Helgesen from Trondheim). ....... The advance party was fortunate it did not drop.....the Germans must have been aware of Operation RYPE. A large German ski party was dispatched from Steinkjer to Gauptjernet that night....."unquote.
> Comment: The Norwegian Liaisson officer Herbert Helgesen was one of the leaders of Milorg in mid Norway with direct contact to Milorgs top man Jens Chr. Hauge. Hauge was a key architect and backplayer for the left wing coup in Norway in May 1945. Hauge had contact with Moscow as well as the Germans during wartime.
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Leif Oistad found himself on a Norwegian tanker in the middle of the Atlantic when German troops occupied Norway on April 9, 1940, so he could not return to his beloved country to check up on his parents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
next moon period, demolition training, mission report, reception committee, reception party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Borge Langeland, Leif Oistad, Tom Sather, United States, Bill Colby, World War, Leif Eide, Serge Obolensky, Karl Hoffman, Hans Skabo, Air Force, New York, Hans Leirmo, Herbert Helgesen, United Kingdom, Alf Paulsen, Nazi Germany, Scandinavian Section, Adolph Hogfoss, Glen Farnsworth, Soviet Union, Bernt Balchen, Camp Hale, Congressional Country Club, Far East New!
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Leif Oistad found himself on a Norwegian tanker in the middle of the Atlantic when German troops occupied Norway on April 9, 1940, so he could not return to his beloved country to check up on his parents. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
next moon period, demolition training, mission report, reception committee, reception party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Borge Langeland, Leif Oistad, Tom Sather, United States, Bill Colby, World War, Leif Eide, Serge Obolensky, Karl Hoffman, Hans Skabo, Air Force, New York, Hans Leirmo, Herbert Helgesen, United Kingdom, Alf Paulsen, Nazi Germany, Scandinavian Section, Adolph Hogfoss, Glen Farnsworth, Soviet Union, Bernt Balchen, Camp Hale, Congressional Country Club, Far East New!
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- Brief History of Norway by John Midgaard in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Quisling: A Study in Treason by Oddvar K. Hoidal in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History Of The Second World War by B. H. Liddell Hart in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Second World War, Volume 1: The Gathering Storm by Winston S. Churchill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Second World War, Volume 5: Closing the Ring by Winston S. Churchill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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