Operation Alphabet

Quand

24 mai 1940 – 8 juin 1940

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

68.43° N, 17.42° E

Description

1940 military operation

1940 evacuation of Allied troops from Narvik during the Nazi invasion of Norway

Operation Alphabet was an evacuation, authorised on 24 May 1940, of Allied troops from the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Operation Weserübung and the end of the Allied campaign in Norway during World War II. The evacuation was completed by 8 June.

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