Battle of Hegra Fortress

When

15 Apr 1940 – 5 May 1940

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

63.46° N, 11.11° E

Description

1940 battle

War

World War II

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

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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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Norwegian Campaign: Hegra Fortress capitulates after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway have laid down their arms (see Battle of Hegra Fortress)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La bataille de la forteresse de Hegra fut un engagement de 25 jours en 1940 pendant la campagne de Norvège qui a vu un petit groupe de Norvégiens volontaires…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000