Operation Anklet - Aftermath

Aftermath

During Operation Anklet, two radio transmitters were destroyed, several small German boats were captured or sunk and a small number of Germans and Quislings were made prisoners of war. The navy had also captured an Enigma coding machine with its associated wheels and settings from the patrol ship they had sunk. They also returned with over 200 Norwegians who had volunteered to serve in the Free Norwegian Forces. The raid was successful, with no casualties to the Allied force, and at least one lesson seemed to have been learnt, as it was the last raid undertaken without air support. During the war, there were 12 commando raids directed against Norway, the German response to these raids was to increase the number of troops they had stationed there. By 1944, the German garrison in Norway had risen to 370,000 men. By comparison, a British infantry division in 1944 had an establishment of 18,347 men.