page_title: Operation Woodlark
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Woodlark
caption_attribution_description: Jernbanebru over Jørstadelva, Snåsa. Brua ble sprengt av i en sabotasjeaksjon fra kompani Linge 13. januar 1945. Foran brua sees fundament for midlertidig bru etter sprengningen. Øverst i bildet: Riksveg 763-bru Jørstad river railway bridge, it was blown in a SEO attack january 13th 1945. foundation of temprary bridge from 1945 is still seen in the water
context_page_description: Operation Woodlark, also known as the Jørstadelva Bridge sabotage, was an operation carried out on 13 January 1945 by members of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 during the Second World War The aim was to blow up a railway bridge in order to disrupt the Nordland Line railway in Snåsa, Norway. Six hours after the bridge had been destroyed, a military troop train was derailed and crashed into the river below, killing 70–80 people and injuring some 100 more. It is the most deadly rail incident ever in Norway.
  In the aftermath of the disaster, there were fights between German and US soldiers in the Snåsa mountains, the only fights in Norway between these two countries during the occupation. A war memorial of the sabotage was raised in 1995 at the site. Four out of the five saboteurs who had participated in the sabotage were present at the dedication of the memorial.
  Commanding officer Major William Colby led the NORSO I troops, who were mainly Norwegian nationals.
context_section_description: Operation Woodlark, also known as the Jørstadelva Bridge sabotage, was an operation carried out on 13 January 1945 by members of the Norwegian Independent Company 1 during the Second World War  The aim was to blow up a railway bridge in order to disrupt the Nordland Line railway in Snåsa, Norway. Six hours after the bridge had been destroyed, a military troop train was derailed and crashed into the river below, killing 70–80 people (among them two Norwegians) and injuring some 100 more. It is the most deadly rail incident ever in Norway.
  In the aftermath of the disaster, there were fights between German and US soldiers in the Snåsa mountains, the only fights in Norway between these two countries during the occupation. A war memorial of the sabotage was raised in 1995 at the site. Four out of the five saboteurs who had participated in the sabotage were present at the dedication of the memorial.
   Commanding officer Major William Colby led the NORSO I troops, who were mainly Norwegian nationals.
caption: Jørstadelva Bridge
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