<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwATk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The United Kingdom launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Claymore" id="mwATo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Claymore">Operation Claymore</a> on the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofoten_Islands" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lofoten Islands">Lofoten Islands</a>; the first large scale <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commandos" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Commandos">British Commando</a> raid.