{"podcast":{"title":"The War Office","slug":"the-war-office-7856798","podcast_index_feed_id":7856798,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68909a8df3a75290d49db79b","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@TheWarOfficePodcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68909a8df3a75290d49db79b/1778080307669-efbfb77f-d37b-4317-902e-4daef1205ced.jpeg","author":"The Operations Room","episode_count":12,"summary":"From the team behind The Operations Room comes The War Office Podcast. Each episode deep dives into the most important military history events, battles, and people from the Second World War to the present day. Each episode features dramatic storytelling, expert guest historians, and atmospheric soundscapes. This is frontline detail like you’ve never heard before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:18:37.707861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-office-7856798"},"episode":{"title":"The Commando Raids That Shook Hitler - Operations Claymore and Archery","slug":"the-commando-raids-that-shook-hitler-operations-claymore-and-archery","published_at":"2026-06-30T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-office-7856798/the-commando-raids-that-shook-hitler-operations-claymore-and-archery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-office-7856798","url":"https://shows.acast.com/history-stories/episodes/6a42f5c381f451b9051d2fd8","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68909a8df3a75290d49db79b/e/6a42f5c381f451b9051d2fd8/media.mp3","summary":"In March 1941, Operation Claymore, the first large-scale commando raid on Nazi occupied-Europe, was launched against the Lofoten Islands in Norway. The raid was successful and led to further raids, Operation Archery and Operation Anklet, in Norway in December 1941.  The raids convinced Adolf Hitler that the Allies would try a large scale landing in Norway and he sends more German troops to defend the Norwegian coastline. This reinforcement left 300,000 German troops in Norway, doing nothing, at the end of the war in May 1945. Thanks to:  William Hakvaag, the founder of the Lofoten War Remembrance Museum in Svolvær, Norway  Jane Gulliford-Lowes, author, military historian, producer and co-host of the Bomber Command podcast, @nevermind the dambusters Never Mind The Dambusters and who is currently writing a book on the 1941 Lofoten raids.  You can listen to The War Office on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , Amazon Music , or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel .  New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In March 1941, Operation Claymore, the first large-scale commando raid on Nazi occupied-Europe, was launched against the Lofoten Islands in Norway. The ra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3539,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-war-office-7856798/episodes/the-commando-raids-that-shook-hitler-operations-claymore-and-archery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-war-office-7856798/the-commando-raids-that-shook-hitler-operations-claymore-and-archery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}