4 real historical locations · Norway, Sweden
The true story of Max Manus, Norway's most celebrated resistance fighter, who trained in Scotland and returned to sabotage German ships in Oslo harbour. A story of audacity, friendship, and the human cost of resistance, based on Manus's own memoir.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Norway, Sweden.
Norwegian Resistance saboteur Max Manus leads raids on German shipping in Oslo Fjord — sinking troop transports and supply ships using limpet mines placed fr...
Max Manus (1914-1996) was trained by the British Special Operations Executive in Scotland and conducted repeated sabotage operations in Norway. His most successful attack sank the SS Ortelsberg in Oslo harbour in Janu...
View location →The port where Manus and his Linge Company commandos attached limpet mines to German troop ships in daring nighttime raids.
Max Manus and Gregers Gram sank the troopship Ortelsburg and damaged several other vessels in Oslo harbor using limpet mines. The operations were conducted from kayaks in the harbor at night, with German patrol boats ...
View location →Neutral Sweden — the escape route and training base for Norwegian resistance fighters who crossed the border to join the Linge Company in Britain.
Thousands of Norwegians escaped to neutral Sweden during the German occupation, then made their way to Britain via Sweden and the Soviet Union. The Linge Company recruited and trained these men for sabotage operations...
View location →The industrial waterfront where German ships docked — the target area for Manus's most audacious sabotage operations against the occupying forces.
The Oslo waterfront was vital to Germany's Norway occupation — ships brought supplies and took away Norwegian resources including fish, timber and aluminium. Manus's attacks on shipping here disrupted supply lines and...
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