Great Battles of WWII : Land battle of Narvik, Norway. 9 April-8 June 1940 ( German Newsreel)
During the Norwegian Campaign, Narvik and its surrounding area saw significant fighting, initially from 9 April between German and Norwegian forces, subsequently between Allied and German forces, conducted by the Norwegian 6th Division of the Norwegian Army as well as by an Allied expeditionary corps until 9 June 1940. Unlike the campaign in southern Norway, the Allied troops in Narvik would eventually outnumber the Norwegian troops. Five nations participated in the fighting. From 5–10 May, the fighting in the Narvik area was the only active theatre of land war in the Second World War.
Narvik provided an ice-free harbour in the North Atlantic for iron ore transported by the railway from Kiruna in Sweden. Both sides in the war had an interest in securing this iron supply for themselves and denying it to the enemy, setting the stage for one of the biggest battles since the Invasion of Poland.
Date 9 April-8 June 1940
Location Nordland and Troms, Norway
Result Initial Allied victory
German victory following Allied withdrawal
Belligerents
Norway
United Kingdom
France France
Poland Poland Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
Norway Carl Gustav Fleischer
United Kingdom William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery
Poland Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko
France Raoul Magrin-Vernerey Nazi Germany Eduard Dietl
Strength
Norwegian 6th Division
Four British battalions
Three battalions of Chasseurs Alpins
Two battalions of 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion
342e CACC (15 Hotchkiss H35 tanks)
Four battalions of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade
Total:24,500 men
2,000 Gebirgsjäger (mostly from Austria[42])
2,600 sailors
1,000 Fallschirmjägers
Total:5,600 m
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