What the records say
- When
- 9 Apr 1940 – 8 Jun 1940
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 68.42° N, 17.56° E
- Description
- battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940
- War
- World War II
Battles of Narvik
1940 World War II battles
The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian campaign of the Second World War.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: First naval Battle of Narvik – The British Royal Navy attacks the German fleet in the Ofotfjord”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die britische Marine führt in der Schlacht um Narvik ihren ersten Angriff auf deutsche Invasionstruppen durch”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “10 et 13 avril : batailles navales de Narvik”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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