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MARCH 1942

 Day Description  Notes
1
Vardø – Russian aircraft attacks troopship but bombs hit hospital.
7
Trondheim – Five men executed for listening to radio and spreading information.
9
Axel Stang (Labour and Athletics minister) receives 50000 letters from parents protesting Youth Service Act.
12
Law forbidding Jews to live in Norway written back into the Constitution. Church leaders react: “stop persecution of the Jews’
14
Dancing in public prohibited.
15
Flekkefjord – Odd Starheim, member of the Linge Company, hijacks passenger ship “Galtesund and with escort from RAF arrives safely in Aberdeen. Described in book “Salt Water Thief”
20
Quisling, after meeting with Terboven, orders Norwegian police to arrest 1100 teachers. The arrested are sent to labour camps in N.Norway.
25
Berlin – Report from Gen.List to Hitler specifying improvements to be made to coastal defences and communications in Norway.
29
Telemark – E. Skinnarland dropped to prepare way for attack on Vemork. – Operation Grouse.
30
Bergen – Police in Bergen ordered to take personal details of anyone wearing any combination of red, white, and blue apparel.
  1942  /  Timeline  /  Last Updated November 27, 2013 by Geronimo Gando  / 

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