Per Askim Askim9 April 1940
Commands the coastal defence ship Norge during the German attack.
Norway · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Commands the coastal defence ship Norge during the German attack.
Commands Norwegian forces at Narvik when German troops arrive.
Commands Eidsvold before the ship is sunk by German torpedoes.
Directs Norwegian forces resisting the German occupation of northern Norway.
Commands Norwegian troops in the counterattack near Gratangen.
Maintains Norwegian pressure on isolated German mountain troops.
Coordinates Norwegian forces during the recapture of Narvik.
Learns that Allied forces will evacuate northern Norway.
Receives warning that Allied forces will withdraw from Narvik.
Norwegian forces are left exposed after Allied evacuation begins.
Norwegian forces surrender after Allied evacuation from northern Norway.
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