Operation Cheese

{{Short description|Special Operation by British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WW2}} '''Operation Cheese''' was an intelligence operation carried out by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Norway during World War II. Key persons were Odd Starheim and Gunvald Tomstad, who established radio communications with UK and developed an intelligence network in Southern Norway.<ref name=kl>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Ivar |last=Kraglund |encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 |title=Starheim, Odd Kjell |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor-link=Hans Fredrik Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor2-link=Guri Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor3-link=Berit Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor4-link=Nils Johan Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |editor5-link=Øystein Sørensen |url=http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s7.html#starheim-odd |accessdate=10 January 2010 |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=394 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105214830/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/s/s7.html#starheim-odd |archivedate=5 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007|title=Odd Kjeld Starheim |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Odd_Kjeld_Starheim|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Odd Kjeld Starheim |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Birger |last=Risnes |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Odd_Kjeld_Starheim/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=vf>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Starheim, Odd Kjell |last=Ording|first=Arne |authorlink=Arne Ording |author2=Johnson, Gudrun |author3=Garder, Johan|encyclopedia=Våre falne 1939-1945 |publisher=The State of Norway |location=Oslo |year=1951 |volume=4 |language=Norwegian}}</ref> The radio station was located at Tomstad's farm Helle, {{convert|3|km}} outside the town Flekkefjord.<ref>Hauge, pp. 75-78</ref>

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==Literature== *{{cite book|title=Mannen som stjal Galtesund |first=Eiliv Odde |last=Hauge |author-link= Eiliv Odde Hauge |language=Norwegian |year=1955 |publisher=Cappelen}} *{{cite book|title=Det største spillet |first=Per |last=Hansson |author-link= Per Hansson (journalist) |language=Norwegian |year=1965 |publisher=Gyldendal }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheese, Operation}} Category:Special Operations Executive operations Category:Military history of Norway during World War II