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Capture of Narvik

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1940

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck28 May 1940

Narvik · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Allied command supports the successful recapture of Narvik.

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck28 May 1940

Narvik · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Auchinleck's Allied command supports the successful recapture of Narvik before the wider Allied evacuation.

Names involved

Claude John Eyre Auchinleck

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