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Narvik Iron Ore Debate

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

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1939

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill19 September 1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Argues that Narvik is vital because Swedish iron ore reaches Germany through the port in winter.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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