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Narvik Front in History

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

5 records4 event labels1 people1940–1940

Historical events in Narvik Front

1940

24 April 1940
Narvik Front
Carl Gustav Fleischer · World War, 2nd

Coordinates Norwegian pressure on Dietl's isolated mountain troops.

12 May 1940
Advance toward Narvik
Carl Gustav Fleischer · World War, 2nd

Fleischer's forces continue pressure on Dietl's mountain troops as Allied units prepare the final Narvik assault.

20 May 1940
Battle of Narvik
Carl Gustav Fleischer · World War, 2nd

Maintains Norwegian pressure on isolated German mountain troops.

7 June 1940
Battle of Narvik
Carl Gustav Fleischer · World War, 2nd

Norwegian forces are left exposed after Allied evacuation begins.

7 June 1940
Norwegian Withdrawal
Carl Gustav Fleischer · World War, 2nd

Norwegian forces are left with little hope after Allied evacuation begins.

Provenance

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