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Battle of Narvik, 2nd

Name: Battle of Narvik, 2nd – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940Date range

4Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill13 April 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Welcomes the destruction of German destroyers at Narvik.

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill13 April 1940

Ofotfjord · Warfare / World War, 2nd

British naval forces destroy or force the scuttling of the remaining German destroyers at Narvik.

Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley13 April 1940

Ofotfjord · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Crutchley commands HMS Warspite as the battleship supports the second naval attack on Narvik.

Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke13 April 1940

Ofotfjord · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Sherbrooke commands HMS Cossack during Whitworth's attack against the remaining German destroyers.

William Whitworth13 April 1940

Ofotfjord · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers into Ofotfjord to destroy the remaining German destroyers.

Names involved

Robert St Vincent SherbrookeVictor Alexander Charles CrutchleyWilliam WhitworthWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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