Kompani Linge

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Kompani Linge was a Norwegian World War II special operations unit trained in Britain that carried out sabotage, intelligence, and resistance missions against German occupation forces.

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Label Occurrences
Kompani Linge canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Norwegian military unit ⓘ
World War II resistance group ⓘ
special operations unit ⓘ
activePeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NOR.I.C.1 ⓘ
Norwegian Independent Company 1 ⓘ
commemoratedBy Norwegian military traditions ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
disbandedIn 1945 ⓘ
formedIn 1941 ⓘ
hasRole commando raids ⓘ
intelligence gathering ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
support to Norwegian resistance ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
language Norwegian ⓘ
legacy symbol of Norwegian resistance in World War II ⓘ
militaryBranch Norwegian Army ⓘ
namedAfter Martin Linge ⓘ
notableOperation Norwegian heavy water sabotage ⓘ
Operation Anklet ⓘ
Operation Archery ⓘ
Operation Grouse ⓘ
Operation Gunnerside ⓘ
sabotage of industrial targets in Norway ⓘ
operatedIn Norway ⓘ
opposed German occupation of Norway ⓘ
partOf Special Operations Executive ⓘ
primaryEnemy Nazi Germany ⓘ
recruitedFrom Norwegian exiles in Britain ⓘ
Norwegian merchant seamen ⓘ
Norwegian refugees ⓘ
supportedBy British Armed Forces ⓘ
Norwegian government-in-exile ⓘ
theaterOfOperations North Atlantic ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
trainedBy British Special Operations Executive ⓘ
trainedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfWarfare covert operations ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
irregular warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norwegian resistance movement → hasPart → Kompani Linge ⓘ
Joachim Rønneberg → militaryBranch → Kompani Linge ⓘ
Gregers Gram → memberOf → Kompani Linge ⓘ