Battle of Hegra Fortress

Cuándo

15 abr 1940 – 5 may 1940

Tipo

Batalla

Coordenadas

63.46° N, 11.11° E

Description

1940 battle

War

World War II

Situado en la zona, no en un sitio exacto.

Part of the Norwegian campaign of World War II (April–May 1940)

The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a 25-day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting numerically superior German forces from a fortified position. After initial fighting around the Meråker Line railway line, the Norwegians pulled back into Hegra Fortress and held off further German attacks before surrendering on 5 May as one of the last Norwegian units active in…

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