He played a crucial role at the time of the German invasion in 9 April1940. Being among the few politicians who really understood Hitler's ambitions toward the country. Learning from what had happened to Czechoslovakia in 1938, Hambro was prepared, and managed to organize the escape of the Norwegian king and government before the Germans arrived, delayed by the sinking of the German cruiser Blücher.
In the days after the invation, Hambro worked actively from Sweden's capital Stockholm to correct the image the American journalist Leland Stowe had portrayed of the situation in Norway.
External links
Short biography of Hambro (http://members.tdn.com/~dagwood/hamro.html) – From the homepage of user dagwood at ISP www.tdn.com (The Daily News, Longview, WA, USA)
C.J. Hambro war efforts (http://lotus.uib.no/norgeslexi/krigslex/h/h1.html#hambro-cj) – From the NorgesLexi internet encyclopedia's Norwegian War Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
During World War II, Sir Charles Hambro raised finance for the exile Norwegian government and was also the head of the SOE (the Special Operations Executive), running a network of agents in Europe, including Operation Gunnerside, the sabotage of the Rjukan heavy water factory in Norway (featured in the film "The Heroes of Telemark").
Hambros was one of the top three banks in the Euromarket by the mid 1960s.
Lord Charles Hambro of Dixton and Dumbleton (Charles Eric Alexander Hambro) was the last family Chairman of the Group.
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