campaign, interwar and Second World War

Operation Leader

Name: Operation Leader
Location: Bodø, Norway

Operation Leader was a campaign fought in 1943 at Bodø, in what is now Norway. It was part of the conflict. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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Fought1943

WhereBodø, Norway67.284N, 14.381E

OutcomeAllied victory

BelligerentsUnited States; United Kingdom; NorwayagainstNazi Germany

Casualties and losses4 aircraftand5 ships destroyed; 7 ships damaged; 2 aircraft

Part ofconflict

Where it sits in the conflict

3 placed engagements of the conflict in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1943 (year precision) to 1943
Place	Bodø, Norway 67.284N, 14.381E
Kind	Campaign, interwar and Second World War
Strength	42 aircraft
Casualties and losses	4 aircraft	5 ships destroyed; 7 ships damaged; 2 aircraft
Commanders	Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape Olaf M. Hustvedt

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Operation Claymore 1941, 97 km N
Operation Anklet 1941, 97 km NW
Battles of Narvik 1940, 184 km NE
Submarine attack on Svensgrunnen 1943, 275 km N
Operation Catechism 1944, 319 km NE

In the same war

Before: Action of 27 May 1802 1802
All 3 engagements of conflict

Elsewhere in 1943

Operation Leader is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 111 in present-day Norway.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097223, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Leader, revision 1380308987, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.