Operation Almenrausch

Operation Almenrausch
Part of Second World War
Date 13-14 June 1944 Location Valdres Result German failure to eliminate NKP leadership
Belligerents
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.