Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill9 April 1940
Responds to the German invasion of Norway and Denmark.
Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Responds to the German invasion of Norway and Denmark.
Warburton-Lee leads the Royal Navy destroyer attack against German forces at Narvik after the invasion begins.
Whitworth leads HMS Warspite and destroyers in the second naval attack on the German Narvik force.
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