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Norwegian Waters Plan

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

2Records
1939–1940Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1939

Dudley Pound30 November 1939

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Considers naval risks of mining Norwegian waters to interrupt ore shipments through Narvik.

1940

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill16 January 1940

London · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Presses naval plans to mine Norwegian waters and interrupt ore traffic.

Names involved

Dudley PoundWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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