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Recapture of Narvik

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

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1940Date range
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Chronological records

1940

Carl Gustav Fleischer28 May 1940

Narvik · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Norwegian forces join Allied troops in retaking Narvik.

Carl Gustav Fleischer28 May 1940

Narvik · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Fleischer coordinates Norwegian, French, Polish and British troops that recapture Narvik from Dietl's force.

Names involved

Carl Gustav Fleischer

Provenance

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