Historical place archive

Gratangen in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Gratangen in Norway. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels2 people1940–1940

Historical events in Gratangen

1940

23 April 1940
Battle of Gratangen
Kristian Loken · World War, 2nd

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

23 April 1940
Battle of Narvik
Kristian Loken · World War, 2nd

Commands Norwegian troops in the counterattack near Gratangen.

23 April 1940
Gratangen Counterattack
Kristian Loken · World War, 2nd

Directs Norwegian forces in the first counterattack toward Narvik.

25 April 1940
Battle of Gratangen
Nils Christoffer Bockman · World War, 2nd

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

Provenance

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