Operation Almenrausch

Operation Almenrausch
Part of Second World War
Date13-14 June 1944
Location
Result German failure to eliminate NKP leadership
Belligerents
Norway Norway Germany
Commanders and leaders
Peder Furubotn Hellmuth Reinhard
Units involved
NKP
Milorg
SS
STAPO
Strength
Unknown At least 800 police and troops
Casualties and losses
Two killed
38 arrested, at least one of whom were later executed
None

Operation Almenrausch was a counter-resistance operation in occupied Norway, planned and carried out by the Wehrmacht and the Nazi-controlled Norwegian Statspolitiet on 13 June 1944. It was named after the Almenrausch, an "Alpine Rose" growing in continental Europe.