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Battle of Gratangen

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

2Records
1940Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1940

Kristian Loken23 April 1940

Gratangen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Loken directs Norwegian forces in the first counterattack toward Narvik during the Gratangen fighting.

Nils Christoffer Bockman25 April 1940

Gratangen · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Bockman's battalion suffers heavy losses after German troops counterattack the Norwegian advance at Gratangen.

Names involved

Kristian LokenNils Christoffer Bockman

Provenance

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