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Last week, far to the north, the British did it again-this time, on a slightly bigger scale. In foggy weather naval units attacked the port of Svolvoer, in the Lofoten Islands, off Narvik, Norway, and then withdrew. "No military importance whatever," the Germans said; "a propaganda maneuver ... a mere bagatelle ... a typical Don Quixote stroke, which could only be carried out by a country sunk as low as England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: Hit-and-Ruin Raids | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

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